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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 December 2024
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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Salmon Farming in Scotland

Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

Okay. Thank you.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Salmon Farming in Scotland

Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

I asked our previous witness about the no deterioration approach. SEPA says that it can prevent deterioration of wild salmon populations by allowing the highest-risk farms to continue to have sea lice levels as high as their recent levels, instead of reducing them. Do you think that that will prevent wild salmon numbers from falling due to sea lice?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Salmon Farming in Scotland

Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

I come back to your earlier comment that SEPA needs to take a cumulative approach. It has said that it is taking more of a case-by-case approach. Can you say a bit more about why you think it needs to be cumulative?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Salmon Farming in Scotland

Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

My final question is on the way in which data is presented. In its recommendation 22, the REC Committee said that there needs to be an

“enhancement in the way sea lice data ... is presented”

and it called for

“a comprehensive, accessible reporting system”.

I am interested in your thoughts on how data is currently presented. Is it comprehensive and accessible?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Salmon Farming in Scotland

Meeting date: 26 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

That is certainly the case, but I have heard anecdotally that there are curtains of sea lice in lochs where there are fish farms, so it seems that the presence of fish farming causes an increase in sea lice, hence the need to use chemicals or cleaner fish to mitigate that and keep lice numbers down.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

Gerry, you indicated that you want to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

James Hickman has indicated that he wants to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thank you very much for that. I will bring in Mark Griffin.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

Emma, have you completed your questions?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 June 2024

Ariane Burgess

Emma Roddick, who is online, has questions about transfers, too.