Darbyshire handed wider role in SSF regions re-shuffle Scottish Sea Farms has promoted long-standing Orkney regional manager Richard Darbyshire to the new role of Northern Isles regional manager with responsibility for the company’s Shetland and Orkney farms, supported by two new area manager roles.
Lightening the load of fertiliser transport Scottish Sea Farms is looking to upgrade the fertiliser it supplies to the country’s land farmers by providing it in dry pellet form.
Presses roll for salmon farmer’s new news Source Scottish Sea Farms has reintroduced an in-house newsletter to keep staff informed of developments in the company and Scotland’s salmon farming sector.
SSF’s bigger barge ups efficiency at Eriboll Scottish Sea Farms has spent £570,000 to refurbish a feed barge for its most northerly mainland farm at Sian Bay, Loch Eriboll.
Salmon farm workers in bid to save tragic scallop diver Workers from a Scottish Sea Farms site were involved in an attempt to save a diver who died after getting into difficulty in Loch Eriboll on Tuesday afternoon.
Ex-SSF Shetland chief Smith joins ScaleAQ Former Scottish Sea Farms regional manager Graham Smith has joined Norwegian aquaculture supplier ScaleAQ as UK and Ireland general manager.
Permit conversion anchors the future for Ocean Farm 1 The eight temporary development permits granted to SalMar’s pioneering Ocean Farm 1 have been converted into ordinary commercial food fish permits by Norway’s Fisheries Directorate.
SalMar harvests 41,000 tonnes in Q2 Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar harvested nearly 41,000 tonnes (gutted weight) in the second quarter this year, the company reported in a trading update.
‘Laxigar Lass’ winner in SSF name game The workboat being built for Scottish Sea Farms’ new site at Hunda in Orkney will be named ‘Laxigar Lass’ following a competition among the local community.
Hear how smolt research will aid production Scientists investigating the impact of new technologies on salmon smolt will discuss their findings to date during a webinar this afternoon.
Highlands-built boat takes shape for Scottish Sea Farms A Scottish-built workboat ordered to service a new salmon farm off the small island of Hunda, Orkney is expected to be delivered to Scottish Sea Farms at the end of July.
Scottish Sea Farms to repay furlough cash 'to help country's recovery' Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms today announced that it will repay all money received from the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as business performance recovers and won’t be making any further claims from the scheme.
Salmon export markets opening up, says Scottish Sea Farms chief Scottish Sea Farms boss Jim Gallagher today revealed that the salmon farmer was seeing “a nice bounce” in export markets previously closed by the Covid-19 pandemic, along with increased retail sales in the UK.
Super-sized service boat focused on fish health A £1.9 million service boat built for Scottish Sea Farms has started operations this week, enhancing the company’s ability to respond to fish health challenges.
