Posts Tagged ‘Marine Scotland’
Salmon ‘godfather’ marks 40 years at SSF
SCOTTISH Sea Farms’ longest serving employee, Geoff Kidd, has celebrated 40 years with the company and says his love of working with salmon is as strong as ever. Newly retired Kidd, nicknamed ‘the Godfather’ by managing director Jim Gallagher, joined colleagues past and present for a special dinner at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls in Oban…
Read MoreBrexit bonanza for fishermen: SNP report
BREXIT could bring 5,000 jobs to the Scottish fishing industry and generate £540 million, according to a report by government agency Marine Scotland published yesterday. The UK leaving the Common Fisheries Policy and regaining control of the entire quota in its waters would lead to a 21 per cent increase in the seafood sector’s output.…
Read MoreSalmon farmers separate fact from fiction
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers have produced a booklet of facts about their industry, aimed at addressing misperceptions and correcting often inaccurate coverage in the press. The publication, ‘Reported Versus Reality: A Pocket Guide to Scottish Salmon Farming’, has been sent to MSPs, Scottish MPs and local councillors, as well as to other stakeholders, including regulators, environmental…
Read MoreMinister fights for farmers
SCOTLAND’S rural affairs minister, Fergus Ewing, repeated his determination to see the country’s salmon farming industry meet its growth targets, as he answered questions from MSPs in the final session of their investigation into the sector. Ewing said: ‘I’m a very strong and public advocate for the sector in Scotland,’ acknowledging that it had come…
Read MoreWest coast 'important' herring ground
A SURVEY to assess herring stocks to the west of Scotland has found that the area to the west of Melvaig, Wester Ross, holds some importance as a winter/spring spawning ground. The international, multi-partner survey – led by marine scientists Dr Steven Mackinson of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA), along with the Pelagic Freezer-trawler…
Read MoreSalmon farmer sourcing wrasse ‘responsibly’
SALMON farmer Loch Duart has been working with fisheries and conservation authorities in England since 2016 to source wild wrasse sustainably for use on its Scottish farms. The company, based in Sutherland and the Hebrides, said its cleaner fish strategy had helped it achieve its lowest historical lice counts on all sites by the end…
Read MoreGrieg loses 21,700 fish from Skye site
GRIEG Seafood lost about 21,700 salmon in an escape from its Loch Snizort site, near Skye, the company said. The fish, weighing an average 2kg, escaped through a hole in a net, discovered by a diver during a routine check at the farm on February 11. A report was submitted to the government agency Marine…
Read MoreScotland promises farm by farm sea lice data
SCOTTISH salmon farmers are to publish all data associated with sea lice counts on a farm by farm basis, the SSPO (Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation) confirmed yesterday. The SSPO’s general manager, David Sandison, said the move follows a decision taken by the organisation’s board – which includes all but one of Scotland’s salmon farming companies…
Read MoreSSPO ready for round two of salmon probe
THE Scottish salmon industry will come under the spotlight again tomorrow in round two of Holyrood’s probe into the environmental impacts of fish farming. The Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee will take evidence from the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), represented by general manager David Sandison. Also appearing before the committee will…
Read MoreBrexit threat to Scottish recruitment
SCOTLAND\’S seafood processors are far more dependent on European workers than those elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Marine Scotland show. And efforts to recruit UK workers were now becoming more challenging. The survey found that around 58 per cent of seafood staff in Scotland were from Europe – mainly Poland, Latvia and Lithuania…
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