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Written Question · S7W-03439 · Session 7

In light of the analysis by Moriarty et al in Decoding persistent elevated mortality in farmed marine Scottish Atlantic salmon using artifi…

Answered Asked by Ariane Burgess Green Lodged 18 Sep 2026

The question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the analysis by Moriarty et al in Decoding persistent elevated mortality in farmed marine Scottish Atlantic salmon using artificial intelligence and logical modelling, which was published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, what information it holds regarding which salmon farm sites were identified as having (a) persistent elevated mortality attributable to the same identified cause, and what the identified cause was at each site, and (b) recurrent elevated mortality attributable to different causes, and what the identified causes were at each site.

The answer

Answered by Jim Fairlie on 1 Oct 2026 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

I have placed a copy of the information requested in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (bib number 66922).

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S7W-03439 by reference.