Information Request for Portree Toxic Gases from Bakkafrost/Scottish Salmon Co. Feed Barge

Your request was about the following information:

Please provide information held by Food Standards Scotland in relation to the sunken feed barge off Portree since it sank on 26 November 2021.

Please include any emails, letters, warnings and any other information.

Please include details of any testing of cockles and other shellfish in the vicinity of the salmon farm at Portree.

Please include details of any testing of farmed salmon at the Portree salmon farm - fish were on site above the leaking barge from the time of the sinking on 26 November 2021 until June 2022.

Further context is provided via:

Bakkafrost is Dead in Water in Scotland - "Explosive" FOI Disclosure Lifts Lid on Hazardous Scottish Salmon!

Food Standards Scotland is cited in some emails in relation to the nearby cockle beds:

Scottish Government FOI review reply 11 Nov 2022 EIR Review Reference 202200321470 - Documents for Release with redactions

Please find following the information Food Standards Scotland holds that would cover your areas of request about the sunken feed barge off Portree since it sank on 26 November 2021:

1. Attached you can find two tables that include data held by Food Standards Scotland relating to testing of shellfish in Loch Portree. These are the results of Official Controls monitoring program for the classified area – Loch Portree Cockles.

2. Attached you can find all the emails Food Standards Scotland holds, which reference the sunken feed barge off Portree since it sank on 26 November 2021. Section 38(1)(b) (Personal information) FOISA applies to the content.