Mussel firm acquires rival company

North Atlantic Shellfish this week announced that they had acquired Shetland Mussels Ltd, which has growing sites at Bixter, Weisdale Voe and Clift Sound. According to the news source, the managing director Richard Tait described the new acquisition as a successful and well run company, which they would keep as a separate business using their own harvesting and processing equipment to prepare the mussels for export. He said it was a strategic move that would help strengthen their overall position North Atlantic already have 13 mussel farms on Shetland’s west side, employing 17 people in the farming, harvesting and processing operations. This year they aim to harvest around 700 tonnes of mussels, Shetland Marine News reported