Scottish Sea Farms fish farm upgrade programme progressing well

This latest round of investment includes the refurbishment of 24 salmon pens in Shetland, work on which is already well advanced. Scottish Sea Farms also recently earmarked an additional £400,000 investment for new salmon pens and refurbishments for a number of other farm sites, including an order for 16 new Oceanflex 80m circumference salmon pens at Kishorn on the West coast and an upgrade programme at Loch Nevis.

Well over 200 pens have been refurbished or renewed by Fusion Marine since the modernisation programme began in 2007. It has included the supply of a significant number of new three-ring Oceanflex salmon pens complete with safety decking, along with the latest design of heavy-duty bird net support wheels.

The fully integrated enhancement programme using Fusion Marine technology has also seen existing salmon pens on SSF sites on the West coast, Orkney and Shetland totally refurbished to ensure the strongest possible containment, as well as provide safe working conditions for fish farm operatives.

The project is part of SSF’s ‘future proofing’ strategy to ensure all its farms have the most modern and secure equipment.

Graham Smith, SSF Regional Production Manager for Shetland, said: “This latest refurbishment programme is part an ongoing programme of improvements to modernise our pens. The removal of steel fittings and the conversion of our pens to a tough all-polyethylene construction will also dramatically reduce the amount of maintenance required.”