Visitor numbers up by 9% at Aquaculture UK Trade show Aquaculture UK, which took place in Aviemore this week, attracted more than 2,600 visitors – 9% more than when the event was last held in 2018, organiser Diversified Communications UK said today.
Gael Force delivers Cooke Scotland’s first hybrid power feed barge Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has taken delivery of its first hybrid power feed barge, at its Mill Bay organic site in Stronsay, Orkney.
Gael Force partners with Peruvian net maker FISA Fish farming supplier Gael Force Group has moved into the net business, signing an exclusive agreement with South American net manufacturer FISA (Fibras Industriales SA) to supply and develop aquaculture nets in Scotland, and to partner in international markets.
Bank on us to fund growth, RBS tells Gael Force Scottish aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group is moving ahead with ambitious growth plans after agreeing a flexible support package including working capital loans from its new banking services provider, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Blocked Skye fish farms would have created 15 process jobs, says Loch Duart Salmon farmer Loch Duart would have been able to create 15 full-time jobs at its Dingwall processing plant if another producer, Organic Sea Harvest (OSH), had won planning permission for sites at Flodigarry and Balmacqueen off the north-east coast of Skye, it has been revealed.
Back industry or face new Clearances, says Gael Force boss after job cuts Gael Force boss Stewart Graham has called for an end to an “anti-development” attitude in Scotland after being forced to make more than 20 people redundant as the result of a planning decision to block a salmon farm.
Divers to stay on board at Gael Force after retirement Scottish aquaculture veteran Stephen Divers will move into a non-executive director position on the board of aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group as he prepares to retire from active management at the end of June, the Inverness-based company said today.
Barge is last piece in the jigsaw for salmon farmer A new 350-tonne capacity feed barge is due to arrive at Organic Sea Harvest’s Invertote salmon farm off north east Skye this week after being towed from Inverness and around the north of Scotland.
SSPO chief to co-chair aqua industry leadership group Tavish Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has been named co-chair of the Aquaculture Industry Leadership Group (AILG), which aims to deliver a joint Scottish government and industry goal of doubling the sector’s value by 2030.
First feed barge delivered to Skye organic salmon farmer Skye-based salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest (OSH) has taken delivery of the first of two feed barges from Inverness-based supplier Gael Force Group.
Gael Force breaks free from lockdown blues Aquaculture supplier Gael Force Group is well known for its feed barges and salmon cages but its video production skills are perhaps less acknowledged … until now.
Anchoring the future for high-energy aquaculture A consortium of engineering experts is developing an innovative new anchoring technology for the Scottish aquaculture industry which would allow fish and shellfish farms to look at areas which are currently unsuitable for use.
