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Looking back, thinking ahead: Jamie Young

Looking back, thinking ahead: Jamie Young

Fish Farming Expert has asked well-known figures in the Scottish salmon farming industry about their high and low points of 2019, and what they hope for in 2020. Today we feature Jamie Young, group sales director for Inverness-based aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group.

Mowi first to try government-funded cage design

Mowi first to try government-funded cage design

A new fish farming cage design launched by Inverness-based aquaculture supplier Gael Force at Aqua Nor in Trondheim, Norway last week is off to a flying start, with some cages already on site, the company has revealed.

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Scottish supply sector aiming for big splash

Scottish supply sector aiming for big splash

Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing will make a keynote speech at a Scottish aquaculture supply chain seminar being held at Aqua Nor in Trondheim today as companies bid to make their mark on the international stage.

Gael Force signs £4m deal to equip organic salmon farms

Gael Force signs £4m deal to equip organic salmon farms

Aquaculture supplier Gael Force has agreed a deal worth more than £4 million to completely equip two sites off Skye for Scotland’s newest salmon farmer, Organic Sea Harvest.

Gael Force unveils new Canadian base

Gael Force unveils new Canadian base

Inverness-headquartered aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group has set up a new base in Newfoundland and Labrador to serve customers in Atlantic Canada.

Shock and orca: Mowi uses fake whale to scare seals

Shock and orca: Mowi uses fake whale to scare seals

Mowi Scotland has deployed a life-size replica of a killer whale in a bid to prevent seals attacking salmon at its Loch Erisort farm on the Isle of Lewis.

Scottish Salmon Company launches feed fleet flagship

Scottish Salmon Company launches feed fleet flagship

The Scottish Salmon Company has launched a new 400-tonne capacity SeaMate feed barge/office at Portree, Skye, following a 2,000-tonne increase in biomass allowance earlier this year.

Salmon farmer spending £3m with Scottish firms to equip Scapa Flow site

Salmon farmer spending £3m with Scottish firms to equip Scapa Flow site

Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has revealed that it is to spend more than £3 million with suppliers throughout Scotland as it prepares to open its forthcoming new salmon farm off Lober Rock in the Scapa Flow, Orkney.

Welcome aboard: Gael Force re-brands Fusion Marine and Corpach Boatbuilding

Welcome aboard: Gael Force re-brands Fusion Marine and Corpach Boatbuilding

Aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group has announced new company names, logos and jobs for its Fusion Marine fish farm pen and Corpach Boatbuilding Company businesses. They will be known as Gael Force Fusion and Gael Force Boatbuilding.

A century on, Gael Force puts wind in sails of shipwreck visitor centre plan

A century on, Gael Force puts wind in sails of shipwreck visitor centre plan

The building of a visitor centre in the Hebrides that will tell the story of a tragic shipwreck and is being part-funded by aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group, has taken a step forward.

Gael Force nets £457,000 to develop huge offshore cages

Gael Force nets £457,000 to develop huge offshore cages

Aquaculture supplier Gael Force has secured a £457,000 contribution from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to develop bigger, stronger cages for offshore salmon farms.

Gael Force buys Scottish boat builder to make steel feed barges

Gael Force buys Scottish boat builder to make steel feed barges

Inverness-based aquaculture and marine supplier Gael Force Group has bought a 75% stake in Corpach Boatbuilding Company in what it describes as a “strategically significant move which could strengthen the West of Scotland’s boat building industry and see the introduction of steel feed barge building on the West coast”.

Gael Force bids to gain anchor hold in Canada

Gael Force bids to gain anchor hold in Canada

Gael Force Group has revealed its plans to expand its business overseas with the supply of range of marine equipment, technology and services to Atlantic Canada’s aquaculture market.

Big jump in Gael Force profits in 2017

Big jump in Gael Force profits in 2017

Inverness-based aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group increased pre-tax profits nearly four-fold to £1.6 million in 2017 on turnover that rose from £17.2m to £24.1m, according to its annual accounts.