IT Support Analyst, Shetland

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Scottish Sea Farms are a recognised employer within remote areas of Scotland. We pride ourselves on working to make a positive change to our employees and the local community. Providing industry leading personal learning and development paths, our aim is to nurture and encourage our employees to build professional career paths. So, if you are…

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‘Green’ eggs make their debut at Barcaldine hatchery

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Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of the first batch of “green” eggs at the new £2m incubation unit at the company’s Barcaldine Hatchery. The move is part of a strategy aimed at making the company’s operations more self-reliant in terms of ova supply, and less dependent on imported eggs. “Green eggs” are unfertilised eggs.…

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RS Aqua to integrate two real-time monitoring systems at Scottish Sea Farms, Orkney

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Leading Portsmouth-based aquaculture supplier, RS Aqua, is set to install two cutting-edge real-time aquaculture monitoring systems at two sites owned by Scottish Sea Farms in Orkney. Following the success of monitoring systems on their Shetland and mainland Scotland sites, this move marks the expansion of Scottish Sea Farms’ commitment to incorporating innovative solutions for optimal…

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Aquaculture Technical Co-Ordinator

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At Scottish Sea Farms we are committed to supporting local economies in some of the most remote parts of the Scottish Highlands and Islands by providing employment and career development opportunities in the local communities in which we operate. Our teams are the first in our industry accredited at Platinum standard through Investors in People.…

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Aquaculture trainees are ALBAS winners

Trainees from Scottish Sea Farms and Cooke Aquaculture were among the winners at the ALBAS (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) on Thursday night. Craig Grounds (pictured above, with Jill Couto-Phoenix), from Oban in Argyll and Bute, won Aquaculture Learner of the Year. He completed his Modern Apprenticeship in Aquaculture at UHI Shetland while working…

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Taking on the challenges

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Climate change and other factors keep throwing up new threats to fish health, as our expert panel explained in Fish Farmer’s Aqua Agenda webinar. Robert Outram reports THE PANELLISTS  Dr Iain Berrill Head of Technical, Salmon Scotland Dr Iain Berrill has always had an interest in the marine and freshwater environment. He studied a BSc…

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Scottish Sea Farms situation beginning to improve, SalMar reports

Scottish Sea Farms could be turning the corner with its biological problems, new figures suggest today. The business has still to get back into profit, however. SalMar, which jointly owns the business with the Leroy Seafood Company, says in its 2023 fourth quarter report that SSF (also known as Norskott Havbruk) showed an improvement from…

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Trial for new consenting process gets underway

Scottish Sea Farms is the first of two salmon producers to submit a planning notification to help trial a new, improved process for farm consents. Scottish Sea Farms will be applying to merge four of its Shetland sites into one, while Mowi will be making an application to the Highland Council. The trial follows the…

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Northern lights

Orkney and Shetland are key to hopes for expansion for the Scottish salmon sector, reports Robert Outram Some of the most exciting developments in Scottish fish farming are taking place in the Northern Isles – Orkney and Shetland – where operators are investing in expansion, new sites and improved processing facilities. Back in December 2021,…

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Aqua Agenda: Fish Health webinar

Thanks to all who attended Fish Farmer’s first Aqua Agenda webinar this week. We had a great panel – Iain Berrill, Head of Technical with Salmon Scotland, Charles Allan, head of the Scottish Fish health Inspectorate and Ronnie Soutar, Head of Veterinary Services with Scottish Sea Farms – addressing the pressing issue of fish health…

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