Mussel raft trials 1975-1982 The Highland and Island Development Board encouraged the development from 1975, and several experimental mussel rafts are deployed at sites around…
Hi-tech hatchery opens to support aquaculture A large-scale £15 million salmon smolts hatchery in Girlsta, owned by the Shetland branch of fish farming company Grieg Seafoods,…
Mussel innovation and growth It wasn’t until the mid to late 90s that mussel farming started to gather some momentum. With the knowledge gained from…
New scallop boats added to Shetland fleet Two new scallop boats were added to the Shetland shellfish fleet in 2015. The 13.27m Askari (BA17), based in Walls,…
Overall mussel production across Scotland reached a record 9,092 tonnes in 2022 – a six per cent increase on 2021.
Shetland’s vital seafood industries will be crippled by the introduction of strict new conservation zones where all fishing and aquaculture activity is set to be…
Government agency suggests that the Shetland fishing and aquaculture sectors consider scaling back landings and production.
Almost half of all sailings on the route now running at or over 90 per cent capacity. Shetland’s Stewart Building Transport Group met with the…
COASTAL COMMUNITIES FUND SUPPORTS EARLY DETECTION OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS University of the Highlands and Islands PhD student Solène Giraudeau-Potel and Dr Callum Whyte of…
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WELCOMES SCRABSTER DIVERSION Seafood Shetland has welcomed the unscheduled sailing of the MV Hrossey from Lerwick last night (sailing 2200 Friday 5 February…