Marine pen fish farming: Charging changes
Phasing in the monitoring programme
We plan to make the changes to the charging scheme so that it can come into effect by April 2025. The scheme will aim to recover:
- £307k in 2025 and
- £910k in 2026 (plus any RPI increase)
Our focus in 2025 will be to undertaken sea trout monitoring and to build SEPA’s capacity for managing the wider monitoring programme starting in 2026. Annex II provides the basis for our costs for 2025. Annex I provide the calculations for the 2026.
The bills for the 2025 additional sea lice charges will be sent out in November 2025. In subsequent years the bills will be sent out at the normal times April and September.