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Salmon farmer gets green light for green homes

Salmon farmer gets green light for green homes

Scottish Sea Farms has won planning permission to build six homes in the hamlet of Mill Bay on the remote island of Eday in Orkney. Four of the eco-friendly homes will be for fish farm workers, with the other available to rent by islanders or visitors.

Cooke gives £20,000 to help islands athletes rock Gibraltar

Cooke gives £20,000 to help islands athletes rock Gibraltar

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has donated a total of £20,000 to be split equally between the Orkney and Shetland Island Games Associations. The funding will help assist the teams meet the costs of travel and accommodation at next month’s Games in Gibraltar.

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New farm brings fresh tide of spending from SSF

New farm brings fresh tide of spending from SSF

Scotland’s supply chain is set to share in a £3.2 million boost to business following news that Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has won approval for a new salmon farm off the small island of Hunda within Scapa Flow in Orkney.

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.

Ministers discuss salmon farming in Kirkwall

Ministers discuss salmon farming in Kirkwall

Salmon farming will be high on the agenda today when Scottish Government ministers meet with council representatives and stakeholders at the latest Convention of Highlands and Islands (CoHI) in Kirkwall, Orkney.

Ewing takes a walk on the wild side with Cooke

Ewing takes a walk on the wild side with Cooke

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has visited Cooke Aquaculture’s Orkney headquarters in Kirkwall to hear about progress made at the company’s new high-energy salmon farming site at East Skelwick, North Sound, Westray.

Orkney anniversary study shows salmon farmer’s value

Orkney anniversary study shows salmon farmer’s value

A study commissioned by Scottish Sea Farms has provided a new measure of the importance of salmon farming to Orkney.

New operator plans Orkney salmon farms

New operator plans Orkney salmon farms

A new player is planning to enter Scottish salmon farming. Orkney Marine Farms Ltd (OMF) has applied for licences for two farms in Shapinsay Sound, which separates Orkney Mainland from Shapinsay.

Plan for Orkney site gets go-ahead

Plan for Orkney site gets go-ahead

Plans by Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to develop a new salmon farm off the coast of Westray, Orkney, have won approval from authorities.

Farm attracts eclectic range of recruits

Farm attracts eclectic range of recruits

Permission to expand Scottish Sea Farms’ site on Eday has create five new jobs for an impressive range of applicants eager to move to the northerly Orcadian outpost from very different backgrounds.

Fusion lands 16-pen contract

Fusion lands 16-pen contract

Scottish Sea Farms has ordered £900,000-worth of salmon pens from Fusion Marine for its new Westerbister site in Orkney.

Gael Force lands Orkney contract

Gael Force lands Orkney contract

Gale Force has won a £1m contract to supply Scottish Sea Farms' newest site with mooring systems and a SeaMate 150 tonne feed barge.