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Tavish Scott takes co-chair position on the AILG. Tavish Scott is to take up the role of Co-Chair of the Aquaculture Industry Leadership Group (AILG). The Group was established by the sector and is supported ...
UK’s top chefs overwhelmingly back Scottish salmon. Survey of top UK chefs reveals that farmed Scottish salmon is considered ‘the best in the world’. As food service and hospitality resumes across the UK a new ...
Scottish salmon sector welcomes cross-party recommendations to streamline export process. Scotland’s salmon producers have welcomed recommendations to improve the process of exporting seafood to the EU made today (Thursday 29 April 2021) by MPs on ...
Scottish salmon sector invites auditors to check fish health and welfare, at any time, without advance notice. Farmers are so confident that all sites are adhering to the high standards of the RSPCA Assured animal welfare ...
Scottish salmon farmers call for overhaul of export paperwork. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says there is an urgent need for post-Brexit export paperwork to be simplified to avoid damaging delays. The key piece of ...
Scottish salmon farmers thank island and Highland communities. Scotland’s salmon sector to publish letter thanking local communities for supporting farmers through the Covid-19 pandemic. Full-page advertisements will appear across Scotland from tomorrow (Sat 20.03.21) thanking ...
Scottish salmon sector calls for action on predation. Scotland’s salmon farmers call for compensation for stock lost in seal attacks. Scotland’s salmon farmers have yesterday (Thursday 18th Feb) asked Scottish Government ministers to consider financial ...
Covid pandemic sees Scottish farmed salmon exports fall by 23 per cent in 2020. The worldwide Covid pandemic had a significant and damaging effect on exports of Scottish salmon in 2020, according to new figures. ...
SSPO call for Scottish creation of a cross-border government taskforce to iron out the export problems experienced by seafood businesses this year. Tavish Scott, the Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), has ...
Scottish Salmon on Brexit deal The Brexit deal with the EU will mean increased costs and potential disruption to transport for the UK’s number 1 export industry says the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). In a week of ...
Scottish salmon farmers make urgent appeal for perishable goods to be prioritised as Channel re-opens. Scotland’s salmon farmers have today called for time-critical perishable seafood products to be given priority access to the re-opened Channel crossings. ...
Scottish salmon farmers call on UK Government to take urgent steps to have freight reinstated Scottish salmon worth at least £1.1m per day impacted by French freight ban Potential loss of £6.5m exports to France ...
A Better Future for us All – A major new blueprint setting out a long-term vision for Scotland’s successful farmed salmon sector is published today (10.11.20). Green jobs and sustainable operations underpin this ground-breaking new ...
Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation appoints new Chief Executive. Tavish Scott, the former Scottish Government minister and Shetland MSP, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). The trade ...
Scotland’s salmon farmers have welcomed SNP commitment to a swifter and more streamlined regulatory system for fish farming. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said the SNP pledge to adopt regulatory reform, if the SNP is ...
Post-Brexit export problems cost Scotland’s salmon farmers £11 million. Bureaucracy, paperwork, delays and confusion leaves Scottish producers counting the cost. Scotland’s salmon farmers have incurred losses of at least £11 million as a direct result ...
SSPO calls for Government help on seafood exports. Scotland’s salmon farmers tell UK Government that more must be done to help seafood exports into Europe. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), submitted evidence to a ...
SSPO comment on Brexit Seafood Taskforce. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, welcomed the announcement of the Brexit seafood task force but questioned the decision to lead it from the UK ...
Sea lice averages down. Scottish farmed salmon sector delivers second lowest year on record for sea lice. Annual figures published 03.02.2021 by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) show that sea lice averages for the ...
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RSPCA assured reinstatement of Scottish salmon farms – SSPO comment. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said: “Each of the Scottish salmon farms subjected to unfounded allegations of welfare breaches ...