Posts Tagged ‘Shetland’
Marine Fund Scotland announces latest grant decisions
A trial for a new water-borne feeding system for salmon farmer Cooke Scotland and a new service station for cleaning fish farming nets are among the projects supported in the latest round of funding from the Marine Fund Scotland.
In total, the fund is making grants with a total of £14m for marine industries and coastal and island communities in 2024/25.
Read MoreUK Fisheries Minister visits SSF Shetland sites
Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms played host to the UK’s new Fisheries Minister, Daniel Zeichner, who visited one of the company’s farm sites and a processing centre in Shetland. The minister toured Scottish Sea Farms’ Vidlin salmon farm and processing facility at Gremista, Lerwick. Zeichner praised the sector’s vital role in supporting local communities and…
Read MoreMSP visits Cooke site in Shetland
Cooke Scotland’s Shetland operations played host to one of the members of a Scottish Parliamentary committee that is taking a close look at the salmon industry. Emma Roddick MSP represents the Highlands and Islands in the Scottish Parliament, and she is a member of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee (RAIC), which is currently part way through a follow-up inquiry into the Scottish salmon farming sector.
Read MoreAlgal bloom detection system marks first year in operation
A system created to detect harmful plankton has analysed around 38 million images in its first year of operation at a fish farm site in Shetland.
Read MoreGreen light for Scottish Sea Farms’ Shetland plan
Shetland Islands Council has given its approval to Scottish Sea Farms’ proposed offshore salmon farm at Billy Baa.
Read MoreLabour election hopeful impressed during visit to Cooke Aquaculture
Frank McNally, a leading Scottish Labour politician and general election hopeful, has met with Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to hear about the positive and social impact the company, and aquaculture in general, is having on the region. (Pictured) Cooke Scotland managing director Colin Blair, left, and North Lanarkshire councillor and Coatbridge and Bellshill Labour Party prospective…
Read MoreTrial 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…
Read MoreNorthern 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,…
Read MoreCooke’s Scotland arm deploys a third hybrid barge
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has deployed its first hybrid feed barge in Shetland, in a move which the company says will further reduce its carbon footprint. The new hybrid diesel-electric system, built by Fjord Maritime UK, for the Copister salmon farm site in Yell, Shetland, is the third to be implemented by Cooke Scotland in its…
Read MoreCooke Aquaculture consults on Shetland plan
Fish farmer Cooke Aquaculture has been consulting on plans for a new salmon farm near Vementry on Shetland. The proposed farm at Swarbricks Minn, between Vementry and Muckle Roe, would consist of 12 x 120 m circumference salmon pens arranged in a group of 2 x 6 pens. There will also be a feed barge…
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