Salmon survival rates at highest since pandemic began
Scottish salmon has recorded its best survival rate since the pandemic. This was the assessment of Salmon Scotland chief executive Tavish Scott, who says it…
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Salmon farmer invests £2m in Shetland upgrade
Scottish Sea Farms is investing nearly £2 million to upgrade and improve its Shetland farm infrastructure and better equip its farm team to improve fish welfare…
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Salmon farmer with Shetland operations praises staff diligence for achieving high fish survival rates
A salmon farmer has published new statistics demonstrating high fish survival rates during 2020. Scottish Sea Farms, which operates across Shetland, Orkney and West Scotland,…
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Canadian firm takes over Meridian Salmon
One of Shetland’s largest salmon producers, Meridian Salmon, has been bought by North America’s biggest fish farming company, Cooke Aquaculture, in a deal worth £122.5…
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Salmon farm loses 154,000 fish due to storms
Stormy weather over January caused extensive damage to a major salmon farming site in Yell – three years after 12 salmon cages went adrift in…
READ FULL STORYFirst taste of isles for new salmon farming chief
THE new chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) had his first taste of Shetland recently where he met representatives from the islands’…
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