Scottish Sea Farms steps up sustainability drive with farming restructure

Sea Farms is set to restructure its farming operations to help accelerate progress towards the company's goal of setting the benchmark for sustainability in its sector.

The news follows the announcement back in September that long-standing Production Manager John Rea is to leave the business to pursue his passion for personal development and coaching.
 

Lismore, Scotland
Image credit: Scottish Sea Farms

Scottish Sea Farms' Managing Director Jim Gallagher said, 'Our business has evolved hugely during John's 20 year tenure, from the number of locations and regions we farm in, to the innovative new approaches we're adopting and the range of skill-sets we employ. On learning that John was to leave us, it seemed like the natural time to review how we do things currently and what else we could be doing to better equip us for the future.'

Mr Gallagher continued, 'As part of this review, we decided to divide what formerly the remit of Production Director into two distinct roles: Regional Manager for Scottish mainland with responsibility for all our marine farms in the area; and Director of Farming with responsibility for overseeing both freshwater and marine production in all three of our farming regions. This will ensure that each region now has its own manager concentrating on the challenges and opportunities of the specific marine environment, supported at a strategic level by a dedicated resource focused on improving biological performance and growing our business in the most responsible and sustainable way.'

Read the full article on the International Aquafeed website, HERE.

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