Scottish salmon celebrates 40 years

Scotland, UK - As the salmon sector celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first commercial farms in Scotland, the industry’s representative body has expressed a desire to grow by four percent per annum over the next ten years from 144,000 to 210,000 tonnes. The ambition to achieve an annual production of 210,000 tonnes by 2020 is highlighted in the newly-published Annual Report from Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation (SSPO).

Professor Phil Thomas, Chairman of SSPO, said: “This is a year of celebration for the Scottish salmon industry; it is also a year of planning for the future. “The first commercial harvest of Scottish salmon was 14 tonnes back in 1971. Now, farmers grow 144,000 tonnes and it has become Scotland’s single largest food export. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers