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 […] Continue Reading
BBC’s Humphrys ‘swam under salmon cage’
BBC Today show host John Humphrys has revealed that he once swam beneath a salmon cage to inspect fish waste. During an interview with Mowi Scotland director of communications Ian […] Continue Reading
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, May 25
DISCARDED GEAR RISK TO WILDLIFE GRIM photographs showing the effect of discarded fishing gear on red deer on the Scottish island or Rum have been released. Two animals died after […] Continue Reading
Marine Harvest welcomes Rum news
MARINE Harvest has won planning approval to install a salmon farm off the Isle of Rum, the company reported today. Part of a move to expand the business by developing […] Continue Reading
Kames withdraws trout farm plan
KAMES Fish Farming has withdrawn an application to site a trout farm in the Sound of Jura following local opposition to the plans, the Oban Times reported. The proposal, for […] Continue Reading
Salmon pens made into duck nests
ONE of Scotland’s rarest breeding ducks looks set to benefit from specially constructed floating nesting rafts manufactured by Fusion Marine. In the UK, common scoters (Melanitta nigra) breed in only […] Continue Reading
Scottish seas a ‘blue carbon’ repository
AROUND 18 million tonnes of organic carbon in plant and animal materials are stored in the top 10 centimetres of sediments in Scotland’s seas, a new report from Scottish Natural […] Continue Reading