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Processors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreImmigration scheme ‘threat to seafood sector’
TWO of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations, representing both the farmed and caught sectors, united today to call for urgent discussions over the government’s new points based immigration policy. Under post-Brexit plans, low skilled workers would not get visas to work in Britain unless they are employed in ‘specific shortage occupations’. These currently include nursing, civil engineering, psychology…
Read MoreFish factories shut with loss of nearly 70 jobs
A FISH processor in north east Scotland has gone bust, resulting in the loss of nearly 70 jobs, the Press and Journal reported today. Prime Seafoods, which also sells fresh fish, including salmon, online, shut down its two factories in Peterhead and Fraserburgh yesterday, telling its 68 employees that insurmountable financial difficulties were to blame.…
Read MoreNorwegian exports to China show dramatic drop
NORWEGIAN salmon exports to China have slumped by up to 90 per cent among some companies since Covid-19, or the coronavirus, struck the country more than three weeks ago, the state broadcaster NRK is reporting. And it is not just the Chinese mainland which is being affected. Air freight flights to Asia generally are at an all-time low. However, fresh…
Read MoreCooke steelhead plans face new hurdle
PLANS by Cooke Aquaculture to farm steelhead trout instead of Atlantic salmon in its US operations in Puget Sound are being challenged by environmental campaigners. The groups, which include Friends of the Earth and the Wild Fish Conservancy, filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife yesterday. They claim the department…
Read MoreAll aboard for February’s Fish Farmer
IN this month’s Fish Farmer we have a special report on Scotland’s biggest salmon farmer, Mowi. In the depths of January, our team visited the company’s headquarters in Fort William and from there were taken on a tour by communications director Ian Roberts. The first stop was the new Inchmore hatchery in Glenmoriston, where manager…
Read MoreTop scientists join SAIC board
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed five industry experts to its board, to provide objective scientific advice on future projects. The five new members of the Independent Scientific Panel are Dr Lydia Brown MBE, Dr Hans Bjelland, Dr Heather Moore, Dr Clive Talbot and Dr Hamish Rodger. The panel is made up of…
Read MoreIceland farmed fish output to hit new record
SALMON output in Iceland is poised to hit a record 37,000 tonnes this year, the latest official predictions show. Growth in aquaculture is continuing apace, with production likely to rise by between 5,000 and 7,000 tonnes over the next 12 months. However, any increase will not match 2019, when salmon production doubled to around 30,000…
Read MoreCargill in feed deal with Organic Sea Harvest
SCOTLAND’S newest salmon farmer, Organic Sea Harvest, has signed a deal with feed giant Cargill to supply its two Skye sites. The farms at Invertote and Clunacnoc, which won planning approval in 2018, are due to be stocked with smolts this year. The consents are for two 12 x 400ft pen sites producing a total…
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