Cooke’s Scotland arm deploys a third hybrid barge

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has deployed its first hybrid feed barge in Shetland, in a move which the company says will further reduce its carbon footprint.  The new hybrid diesel-electric system, built by Fjord Maritime UK, for the Copister salmon farm site in Yell, Shetland, is the third to be implemented by Cooke Scotland in its…

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Cooke’s new hybrid barge reduces carbon emissions

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has taken delivery of its first hybrid feed barge, which runs on a combination of diesel and electric power. The barge, SM95, has been deployed at Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Mill Bay organic site in Stronsay, Orkney by Inverness-based aquaculture supply company Gael Force Group, working in partnership with Norwegian sustainability leaders Fjord…

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Cooke consults on Orkney farms expansion

Salmon producer Cooke Aquaculture is consulting with the local community on plans to relocate and expand its farms at three sites in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. As part of the consultation Cooke will be holding public meetings on 28 and 29 November in Westray and Papa Westray, respectively, to spell out the plans…

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Cooke Aquaculture consults on Shetland plan

Fish farmer Cooke Aquaculture has been consulting on plans for a new salmon farm near Vementry on Shetland. The proposed farm at Swarbricks Minn, between Vementry and Muckle Roe, would consist of 12 x 120 m circumference salmon pens arranged in a group of 2 x 6 pens. There will also be a feed barge…

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Hearing dates set for Cooke’s Nova Scotia application

Public hearings to consider a licence application by Cooke Aquaculture for two new farm sites in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia will take place in February next year, the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board has announced. The hearing dates have been set as February 05, 2024 to February 09, 2024. Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd (KCS), a…

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Cooke’s Bay of Holland site gets organic certification

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Bay of Holland farm site in Orkney has been certified as organic by the Soil Association. The Bay of Holland seawater site, Stronsay, was constructed in early 2021 and stocked with Soil Association organic-certified smolts that currently average 550g. A new, purpose-built 200 tonne feed barge was commissioned from Gael Force to…

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Orkney jobs boost for Cooke’s new salmon farm

FIVE full-time, permanent jobs have been created by Cooke Aquaculture’s new organic salmon farm in Orkney, which starts production in the spring. And there are hopes that the number of direct and indirect jobs will increase once a second site opens in 2021, the company said. Four residents from Stronsay have been recruited and successfully…

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Cooke plans to expand in Shetland

COOKE Aquaculture is planning to expand its Scottish operations with a proposed new farm in Shetland. The Canadian owned company has submitted an application for a 2,500-tonne, 12 x 120m circumference cage farm off Fetlar, the Shetland News reported. The development, at the Wick of Gruting, will cost more than £2 million and provide four,…

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Driving change

Harry Besley with support team at a stopover, Port Ellen, Islay

The move to net zero requires a rethink for the way marine vessels are powered but, as Sandy Neil reports, there are a number of alternatives to consider.

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