Duty Inspector
A Fish Health Inspector acts as Duty Inspector (DI) during office hours every day from Monday to Friday. The DI is responsible for responding to queries received via phone or the Fish Health mailbox (contact details below), providing advice on fish health matters to industry, civil service colleagues and members of the public. This includes queries relating to:
- Applications for permission to move live fish subject to movement restrictions, including live fish for harvest
- Applications for a licence to import live aquaculture animals and their products
- Preparation of export certificates
- Notifications of suspicion of a notifiable disease of fish or shellfish
- Notifications of escapes of fish from fish farms
- Registration of new fish or shellfish farming businesses or sites, or changes to the details of existing businesses
- Sampling of fish and shellfish forwarded to Marine Scotland Marine Laboratory for disease diagnosis.
If the DI cannot answer your query personally, he or she will make a note of it and either contact you as soon as possible with a reply, or your query will be passed to someone who can help you.
The DI is responsible for ongoing cases in the absence of the case inspector including notifying fish farmers of laboratory test results from samples taken from their farm and any further actions as necessary.
Contact Details
| Tel: + 44 (0) 1224 295525
Fax: +44 (0) 1224 295620 Email: ms.fishhealth@scotland.gsi.gov.uk | Fish Health Inspectorate
Marine Scotland
Marine Laboratory
PO Box 101
375 Victoria Road
Aberdeen
AB11 9DB |
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If an urgent matter arises outside normal office hours, you can telephone the Marine Scotland Science (MSS) switchboard on +44 (0) 1224 876544. The officer on duty will contact an inspector to help you.
Group Leader
Charles Allan BSc
- Supervises the work of the FHI to ensure legislation is implemented, mortality incidents are investigated and suspect disease diagnosed where possible.
- Provides advice on fish health and aquaculture issues to inform policy within Marine Scotland.
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 295 568; Mobile 07721 756573
Technical Managers
David Fraser MIBIOL, CBIOL
- Manages the risk based surveillance programme for the Nothern Isles and South West Scotland area
- Specialises in biosecurity, risk assessment, disinfection, processing and waste disposal on aquaculture facilities, in relation to the control and eradication of serious diseases
- FHI representative on mollusc culture and disease issues
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 295698; Mobile: 07831 164277
Ronald Smith BSc
- Manages the risk based surveillance programme for the Western Isles and North Scotland area
- Manages the authorisation of establishments in Scotland as required by the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
- Manages the inspection programme for containment and sea lice under the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007.
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 295639; Mobile: 07831 176478
FHI Policy Advisor
Neil Purvis BSc
- Advises FHI on policy issues relating to current and pending legislation and assists with implementation of this legislation at a practical level.
- Heavily involved in contingency planning to deal with outbreaks of serious fish and shellfish diseases including exotic and emerging diseases in association with Council Directive 2006/88 and Gyrodactylus salaris.
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 295450; Mobile: 07775 818281
Fish Health Database Administrator - Katy Slessor
Administrator - Sandra Johnston