Mackinnon, Alison From: Baird, Stuart Sent: 29 August 2016 15:18 To: Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas Cc: MacNaught, Kevin Subject: RE: SLICE Board report item DRAFT Mark, that is suitably bland as not to set too many hares a racing. 1 don?t expect that we want to mention the SARF report by name. It may be worth mentioning that we are seeking a review of the Environmental standard as well as awaiting the further research. Stuart From: Wells, Mark Sent: 29 August 2016 12:10 To: Baird, Stuart; Sinclair, Douglas Cc: MacNaught, Kevin Subject: SLICE Board report item Attached is a first draft at a piece for the Board report, by way of prompting comment/input Cheers MARK Mackinnon, Alison From: Baird, Stuart Sent: 01 September 2016 16:55 To: MacNaught, Kevin; Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hopefully Douglas will have a chance to review befcire Monday, it looks ok to me but I?m not involved in SAIC stuff. We are still seeking funding for the EQS review so some visibility of this at AMT level will be helpful in securing funding. Stuart From: MacNaught, Kevin Sent: 01 September 2016 14:51 To: Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September More info included in the attached. Cheers From: Wells, Mark Sent: 01 September 2016 14:17 To: MacNaught, Kevin; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Thanks Kev was there something more speci?c in the SAIC stuff about sea louse treatment? I thought so. If so, could we beef up that but a little. Cheers Sent with Good Original From: MacNaught, Kevin Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 01:55 PM GMT Standard Time To: Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hi all, have added info on the SAIC announcements into the attached and included a reference to the review of the environmental quality standard. Can you please check to see if you are happy with this? Thanks Kevin From: Wells, Mark Sent: 01 September 2016 09:00 To: MacNaught, Kevin Cc: Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: FW: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September 1 Please note timescale - that's Monday! Could you see about adding a bit to my draft which covers the recent SAIC announcements around innovation and research, particularly the sea louse project, referencing the fact that the industry is actively looking into alternative sea .louse diagnostics and treatment. Will catch up tomorrow Cheers Sent with Good Original From: Henderson, Gavin Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 11:41 AM GMT Standard Time To: Howard, Gayle; Ballantyne, Craig; MacNaught, Kevin; Wells, Mark Subject: FW: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September FYI - Next board report date From: McLean, Margaret Sent: 31 August 2016 11:08 To: Carlin, Fiona; Cunningham, Catherine; Faichney, Jenny; Fotheringham, Beth; Green, Jo; Henderson, Gavin; Johnston, Carol; Lovell, Fraser; Mackinnon, Alison; Martin, Fiona; Miller, Dawn; Moffat, Lorraine; Russell, Jennifer; Stephan, Setareh; Turner, Anne; York, Alison Subject: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hi All Please note the deadline for submissions for the above report is 5 September, thanks. Kind regards Margaret Margaret McLean Personal Assistant to Terry A?Hearn Chief Executive Scottish Environment Protection Agency 1 Strathallan House Castle Business Park Stirling FK9 4TZ T: 01786 457701 e: Margaret.McLean@sepa.orq.uk w: PAPER - Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary.1 ream of paper 6% of a tree and 5.4kg 002 in the atmosphere. 3 sheets of A4 paper 1 litre of water The information contained in this email is con?dential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the information in it by any other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by return email to postmaster@sepa.org.uk. SEPA registered of?ce: Strathallan House, Castle Business Park. Stirling FK9 4TZ Mackinnon, Alison From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Hi folks Sinclair, Douglas 02 September 2016 16:04 MacNaught, Kevin; Wells, Mark; Baird, Stuart RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September SLICE Board Report item DRAFT ?km additions.DS.docx I have made a few changes to this. While the SAIC project on seabed assessment trechniques is topical, it doesn?t connect that directly to the Sclie of sea louse treatment issues, if we are wanting to include news from SA-IC then the cleanerfish work, see: is more relevant as is the investment in non-medicinal louse removal by SSF, see: albeit that both of these stories are 6?8 weeks old. Happy to discuss as ever. Douglas Sinclair Specialist I (Aquaculture) SEPA Orkney Office Norlantic House KIRKWALL Orkney KW15 Tel: 01856 871080 Mob: Fax: 01856 871090 SEPA Extn: 2729 E?mail: douglas.sinclair@sepa.org.uk I no longer work on Mondays, normally available Tuesday - Friday. Durinq absences from the office, my e-mails may be read and you may receive a response from Anne Mitchell, Senior Admin Officer in the SEPA Orkney Office. g? Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. From: MacNaught, Kevin Sent: 01 September 2016 14:51 To: Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September More info included in the attached. Cheers From: Wells, Mark Sent: 01 September 2016 14:17 To: MacNaught, Kevin; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Thanks Kev - was there something more speci?c in the SAIC stuff about sea louse treatment? I thought so. If so, could we beef up that but a little. Cheers Sent with Good Original From: MacNaught, Kevin Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 01 :55 PM GMT Standard Time To: Wells, Mark; Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: RE: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hi all, have added info on the SAIC announcements into the attached and included a reference to the review ofthe environmental quality standard. Can you please check to see if you are happy with this? Thanks, Kevin From: Wells, Mark Sent: 01 September 2016 09:00 To: MacNaught, Kevin Cc: Sinclair, Douglas; Baird, Stuart Subject: FW: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Please note timescale - that's Monday! Could you see about adding a bit to my draft which covers the recent SAIC announcements around innovation and research, particularly the sea louse project, referencing the fact that the industry is actively looking into alternative sea louse diagnostics and treatment. Will catch up tomorrow Cheers Sent with Good Original From: Henderson, Gavin Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 11:41 AM GMT Standard Time To: Howard, Gayle; Ballantyne, Craig; MacNaught, Kevin; Wells, Mark Subject: FW: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September FYI - Next board report date From: McLean, Margaret Sent: 31 August 2016 11:08 To: Carlin, Fiona; Cunningham, Catherine; Faichney, Jenny; Fotheringham, Beth; Green, Jo; Henderson, Gavin; Johnston, Carol; Lovell, Fraser; Mackinnon, Alison; Martin, Fiona; Miller, Dawn; Moffat, Lorraine; Russell, Jennifer; Stephan, Setareh; Turner, Anne; York, Alison Subject: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hi All Please note the deadline for submissions for the above report is 5 September, thanks. Kind regards Margaret Margaret McLean Personal Assistant to Terry A?Hearn Chief Executive Scottish Environment Protection Agency Strathallan House Castle Business Park Stirling FK9 4TZ T: 01786 457701 e: Marqaret.McLean@sepa.orq.uk w: PAPER - Please do not print this e??mail unless absolutely necessary.1 ream of paper 6% of a tree and 5.4kg 002 in the atmosphere. 3 sheets of A4 paper 1 litre of water The information contained in this email is con?dential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access. copying or re-use of the information in it by any other is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by return email to postmaster@sepa.org.uk. SEPA registered office: Strathallan House. Castle Business Park, Stirling FK9 4TZ SLICE text for CEO Board Report September 2 September 2016 Regulation of the use of the sea louse treatment SLICE at Scottish fish farms Sea lice can be a problem when large numbers of fish are concentrated in fish-farms. One method of controlling sea lice is the use of authorised medicines as an in-feed treatment. The aim of the controls on use being to restrict the concentrations of residues in the environment to within a safe environmental standard. The approach used by SEPA is based statistically likely, and unexpected. association between impact on the marine environment and the use of the sea louse medicine SLICE, containing benzoate. Where robust evidence suggests that some part of our regulatory regime is not providing the expected and required level of environmental protection. we must take action to reduce or remove the potentiat for these impacts. In this case. and following careful consideration, we are intending to change the conditions under which the use is permitted by SEPA through fish farm licences. This will allow the medicine to continue to be available to ?sh farmers. but subject to tighter restrictions on the frequency and quantity of use. These arrangements are likely to remain in place for a period g?wo years which will allow SEPA and the industry to carry out further research to either confirm or confound the apparent link between SLICE use and possible environmental effects. SEPA is also seeking a review of the environmental oua?ty standard and for Slice and is working in partnership with the fish farming industry. the Scottish Government. the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre and other key partners. to explore the potential for the development of allemative means of controlling sea lice. which minimise the risk to our marine environment. Several articles have appeared in the press recently reporting that the industry is actively lookine into alternative means of sea louse treatment. The Scottish Aquaculture lnnovatton Centre has issued a press Elease on its investment in protects tonglrive forward the use of cleaner?sh. Additionally. fish farrnind companies such as Scottish Seafan?ns have invested in non-medicinal means of removing lice where the salmon are briefly bathed in lukewarm water. SEPA is strongly supportive of these alternative approaches. [Deleted:. [Deleted: set Deleted: whose Deleted: is -- Deleted: diagnostics and Deleted: led Deleted: and Deleted: evidence Deleted: recently Deleted: improve biodiversity and ?sh health in farming Deleted: This includes an 18-month project. led by Marine Harvest Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences. lnverness College. Rivers and Lochs institute and SEPA. to develop a new. more ef?cient method of monitoring the diversity of organisms living in the seabed around fish cages. Mackinnon, Alison From: Ahearn, Terry Sent: 14 September 2016 16:49 To: McLean, Margaret; Moffat, Lorraine; Faichney, Jenny; Wells, Mark; Lovell, Fraser Subject: RE: CEO Report to the Board Sept meeting (text for approval for sending to SG) All, My main concern is that the Board is given accurate information. Given the challenges in getting the wording right and not misleading people, let's drop this material and Bob and I will give a verbal update. This will ensure we can accurately report the issue and SEPA's current and future action to the Board. Terry. Sent with Good Original From: McLean, Margaret Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 04:19 PM GMT Standard Time To": Ahearn, Terry Subject: FW: CEO Report to the Board - Sept meeting (text for approval for sending to SG) T, please see below from Lorraine Kind regards Margaret From: Moffat, Lorraine Sent: 14 September 2016 15:06 To: McLean, Margaret Subject: FW: CEO Report to the Board - Sept meeting (text for approval for sending to SG) Importance: High Hi Margaret Has Terry approved this for Scot Gov and answered Jenny?s query. Thanks Lorraine Moffat Senior Administrative Officer Executive Support Tel: 01786 452492 Email: orraine.moffat@sepa.orq.uk From: Faichney, Jenny Sent: 13 September 2016 11:06 To: Ahearn, Terry Cc: McLean, Margaret; Moffat, Lorraine; McWhirter, Jennifer; Brodie, Donna; Green, Jo; Carroll, Denise; Wells, Mark; Lovell, Fraser Subject: CEO Report to the Board - Sept meeting (text for approval for sending to SG) Importance: High Hi Terry, I?ve attached the latest version of your draft Board report to approve before it goes to SG tomorrow. Regulatory Services Legal (Fraser) and Comms (Mark) have already reviewed this version and we have one outstanding query re Para 1.1.6 (p4) on 'Regulation of the use of the sea louse treatment SLICE at Scottish fish farms'. We wanted to ensure that you are happy with that text being in the public domain given the external queries likely to be generated from your report once it is on website. Fraser expressed concerns about saying SEPA intends to change the licence conditions as people could seek to see relevant documentation, e.g. under FOI, before a decision is formally made and it may take some time for SEPA to consider and process such requests. An alternative way of handling this could be to remove this section from your written report but for the Board to be verbally advised of this issue when Bob speaks about the meeting with the SSPO in his update to the Board. The paragraphs could go into the annotated agenda as a prompt and the minute of the meeting will reflect the update in brief. I also spoke to Jenn about the possibility of having this as a standalone agenda item for the Board to be informed in private, but we consider that this is likely to also generate FOI enquiries by drawing further attention to the issue on the agenda. Please let me know what your preference is for this text and we'll ensure the SG get the approved version of your report, together with your intro, tomorrow to review. Many thanks Jenny From: McLean, Margaret Sent: 31 August 2016 11:08 To: Carlin, Fiona; Cunningham, Catherine; Faichney, Jenny; Fotheringham, Beth; Green, Jo; Henderson, Gavin; Johnston, Carol; Lovell, Fraser; Mackinnon, Alison; Martin, Fiona; Miller, Dawn; Moffat, Lorraine; Russell, Jennifer; Stephan, Setareh; Turner, Anne; York, Alison Subject: CEO Board report for Board Meeting on 26 September Hi All Please note the deadline for submissions for the above report is 5 September, thanks. Kind regards Margaret Margaret McLean Personal Assistant to Terry A?Hearn Chief Executive