New contract for Fusion Marine

The partnership with Fusion has now seen more than £7 million invested by Scottish Sea Farms in just over six years, and this latest contract is for six Triton 400 x 100mt circumference pens, sinker tubes and bird net support wheels, to be located at the newly expanded site at Eday.  Plus 12 x Triton 450 x 100mt circumference pens, sinker tubes and bird net support wheels for the new Scottish Sea Farms site at Wyre.  Both sites are in Orkney.

This latest contract will commence in November and the pens will be ready for use in the spring of next year.  A number of other businesses will benefit from this contract, with Scottish hauliers, hotels and hire companies all utilised by Scottish Sea Farms and Fusion Marine during the completion of the project.

Scottish Sea Farms Managing Director, Jim Gallagher, said: “We have been working with Fusion Marine for a number of years now and this latest contract builds on this strong relationship and helps us to develop our new and existing sites in Orkney.  When we were granted permission for new sites we pledged to invest with Scottish suppliers and help to boost the overall economy as a result.  This investment of over a million pounds demonstrates this and recruitment is also underway in Orkney where we have five skilled jobs available for the Wyre site.”

The Fusion Marine pens are incredibly strong and provide excellent containment for the salmon.  They also have safety decking for operator protection and convenience.

Iain Forbes of Fusion Marine said: “For this latest contract, we have worked closely with Scottish Sea Farms Regional Manager Richard Darbyshire and his team in Orkney to develop a fish farm pen equipment package that is ideally suited to the local conditions.  We have a long-standing relationship with Scottish Sea Farms who always displays real commitment to work, where possible, with Scottish companies.”

The partnership between Scottish Sea Farms and Fusion Marine has been recognised for excellence at the Crown Estate Aquaculture Awards in the past, where Fusion Marine won the award for Best Supplier to the fish farming industry.