Aquaculture

'Our share is shrinking': New salmon farming association chief wants Scotland in the lead

A massive opportunity is being missed, purely because of the 'cumbersome, bureaucratic and complicated' regulatory system, said Tavish Scott, the newly appointed CEO of the SSPO.

The former Liberal Democrat MSP knows the farmed salmon sector 'extremely well' having represented Shetland for 20 years, since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999 to his departure from the legislature in 2019.
The former Liberal Democrat MSP knows the farmed salmon sector 'extremely well' having represented Shetland for 20 years, since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999 to his departure from the legislature in 2019.Foto: Liberal Democrats Flickr
Published 26 November 2020, 05:37Updated 26 November 2020, 09:21
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