Scotland is planning to double the size of its aquaculture sector from £1.8 billion (€2 billion/$2.2 billion) to £3.6 billion (€4 billion/$4.4 billion) by 2030 and generate more than 9,000 new jobs.
Scotland is the world’s third-largest producer of farmed salmon behind Norway and Chile, but its global market share has declined by almost a half over the past 20 years as competitors' growth has outstripped Scotland's.
A group of leading businesses and organizations in Scotland’s aquaculture industry have come together for the first time to create an ambitious new growth strategy for the sector.
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