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Kames lines up bigger boat after loss of landing craft

Kames lines up bigger boat after loss of landing craft

Scottish trout farmer Kames will take delivery of a bigger and better workboat within the next few weeks, just over a year after its previous vessel was wrecked after slipping its moorings in a storm.

Feed barge marks a sea change for trout farmer

Feed barge marks a sea change for trout farmer

Trout farmer Kames has taken delivery of a 300-tonne-capacity feed barge for its Loch Pooltiel site on north-west Skye that will enable it to keep feeding its fish in bad weather, reduce wastage and cut its carbon footprint.

Sunken workboat lifted on to salvage ship

Sunken workboat lifted on to salvage ship

A fish farm workboat that sank off the west coast of Scotland after breaking free of its moorings in Loch Pooltiel, Skye during a storm has been loaded on to a ship for recovery.

Search continues for trout farmer’s missing workboat

Search continues for trout farmer’s missing workboat

A fixed-wing aircraft was today due to be deployed in the search for the Kames workboat Tiffany of Melfort, which broke its moorings on Saturday morning as Storm Aiden, the first named storm of the 2020/21 season, brought 80mph winds to the Scottish coast.

Trout farmer’s workboat missing after breaking moorings

Trout farmer’s workboat missing after breaking moorings

The 19-metre workboat Tiffany of Melfort, owned by trout farmer Kames, was today reported to be missing after breaking its moorings on Saturday morning and drifting out towards the Little Minch from Loch Pooltiel, Isle of Skye.

£3m to help Scottish trout and shellfish farmers through Covid crisis

£3m to help Scottish trout and shellfish farmers through Covid crisis

Scottish trout farmers and shellfish growers whose markets have been decimated by the Covid-19 lockdown are being offered hardship payments of up to £27,000 from a £3 million fund set up by the Scottish government.

Lice treatment could cause kidney damage in trout

Lice treatment could cause kidney damage in trout

Repeated treatments with anti-lice drug azamethiphos could cause chronic kidney damage in rainbow trout, a study in Scotland has concluded.

Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, Dawnfresh, and Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) are leading a consortium that is taking a significant step towards the development of a commercial vaccine for rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS).

Bigger and better boat paves way for Kames expansion

Bigger and better boat paves way for Kames expansion

Scottish trout grower Kames Fish Farming has taken delivery of a new £1.1 million landing craft, Tiffany of Melfort.

Hat-trick for Marine Harvest at awards ceremony

Hat-trick for Marine Harvest at awards ceremony

Marine Harvest Scotland scooped a trio of accolades at the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards in Aviemore last night, during a ceremony in which Scottish Sea Farms employee Sarah Last was named the first female Finfish Farm Manager of the Year.

Kames aims for 2,500 tonne expansion

Kames aims for 2,500 tonne expansion

An application for a new fish farm in the Sound of Jura has been lodged by Kames Fish Farming Limited.