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Scottish farmers call for compensation for seal attacks
If fish farmers are not allowed to kill seals even if they break into a salmon pen, the industry should be compensated for the resulting losses. That’s the message from the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation to the Scottish government, which has outlawed the use of lethal force against seals. The Scottish government has indicated that…
Read MoreLoch Duart upgrades cages with Trident system
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart will be the first in Scotland to install a new hybrid cage system designed to cope with the harshest conditions. The Trident™Hybrid Steel Cage combines a tough steel cage with flexible HDPE (high-density polyethylene) pipes to improve safety and stability. It has been developed in British Columbia, Canada by Poseidon…
Read MoreRecruitment drive focuses on women returners
Women returning to the workforce in Scotland are being encouraged to consider opportunities in aquaculture, in a new awareness-raising campaign. The initiative has been launched by Women in Scottish Aquaculture and will support up to 50 women with career coaching, confidence training and mentoring, empowering them to step back into employment. The programme aims to…
Read MoreYoung’s pack redesign stresses health benefits of fish
Young’s Seafood has launched a bold new packaging design across its complete chilled brand range of products, including salmon fillets. The new design will be rolled out across the range and will feature across all future products which are stocked in supermarkets including Asda. Young’s said the redesign was based on recent consumer research which…
Read MoreWhy I am still an unrepentant Leaver
OK, as a Brexiteer I accept this is all my fault. I mean, the chaos for exporters and difficulty getting into Europe. But seriously, was no one expecting this? Hands up all those who weren’t expecting border difficulties as soon as Brexit occurred. What would be more interesting is to ask those who did nothing…
Read MoreThe Brexit fallout
We thought we knew what it would look like. The queues of trucks would stretch back from Dover through the Kent countryside, massive lorry parks would be full and there would be scuffles between angry hauliers and the police. We did see these things but only before Christmas, after the French shut the border claiming…
Read MoreGrieg reports loss for Q4 in ‘challenging year’
Grieg Seafood has excluded Shetland from its main 2020 fourth quarter results published today, which show an operating loss of NOK 17m (£1.45m). The Shetland performance is contained as a separate item at the end of a lengthy Q4 report which shows the division harvested 3,103 tonnes during the final three months of 2020, an…
Read MoreMowi and SSC agree to swap Harris sites
Two competitors in the Scottish salmon farming sector have reached an agreement to swap sites. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) and Mowi hope that consolidating their operations, located on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, will help efficiency and sustainable health management. Ownership of SSC’s Trilleachan Mor site on Loch Seaforth, on the…
Read MoreFarmers challenge Norway’s ‘traffic light’ scheme
A major civil court case has opened to test the legality of Norway’s controversial fish farming traffic light scheme. Expected to last up to two weeks, the hearing was triggered by 25 salmon and trout companies, mostly based in the south west of the country, who claim not only that they are being robbed of…
Read MoreSeafood export taskforce set to meet this week
The first meeting of the taskforce set up to deal with post-Brexit problems for the Scottish seafood industry is due to take place this week, but it has already been overshadowed by friction between the UK and Scottish governments over how to handle the issue. The group will be hosted by the Office of the…
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