Figures from the Marine Institute show that there was a total of 1,512,754 Wrasse moved in Irish waters from 22/5/15/ to 30/8/19
These fish were then placed into the Salmon cages to clean the lice from the Salmon
I've selected the Wrasse movements in the surrounding area of the nearest fish farms to me.
The figures for Bantry Bay and Kenmare Bay are below.
Ahabeg 08/06/2016 to 19/07/2016 Wrasse 2,731.00
Ahabeg 20/07/2016 to 19/08/2016 Wrasse 8,321.00
Ahabeg 23/08/2016 to 14/09/2016 Wrasse 5,655.00
Ahabeg 09/09/2016 to 30/09/2016 Wrasse 3,901.00
Kenmare Bay 09/09/2016 to 30/09/2016 Wrasse 3,659.00
Ahabeg 07/10/2016 to 07/10/2016 Wrasse 3,493.00
Roancarraig, Bearhaven 14/06/2017 to 12/07/2017 Wrasse 14,806.00
Deenish 14/06/2017 to 12/07/2017 Wrasse 5,769.00
Roancarraig, Bearhaven 14/07/2017 to 09/08/2017 Wrasse 11,144.00
Deenish 14/07/2017 to 09/08/2017 Wrasse 6,720.00
Deenish 16/08/2017 to 08/09/2017 Wrasse 9,213.00
Roancarraig, Bearhaven 17/08/2017 to 08/09/2017 Wrasse 10,371.00
Deenish 15/09/2017 to 30/09/2017 Wrasse 3,659.00
Roancarraig, Bearhaven 25/06/2019 24/07/2019 Wrasse 15,077.00
Deenish 25/06/2019 24/07/2019 Wrasse 6,281.00
Deenish 01/08/2019 21/08/2019 Wrasse 17,885.00
Roancarraig, Bearhaven 01/08/2019 21/08/2019 Wrasse 14,975.00
Total 143,660.00
What happened to these fish? Did they escape, die or were they removed and destroyed.
Is there any records of disease/mortality/escapes with these cleaner fish.
There's some interesting reading in the document below on the effects of translocating local populations of wild Wrasse.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/ ... sos.171752