Scottish salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms’ investment in new pen netting systems to reduce the number of seal shootings surpassed £5.7 million (€6.4 million/$7.1 million).
So far, the company has equipped over half of its marine farms with “Seal Pro” nets at a cost of £4.2 million (€4.7 million/$5.3 million), and it is investing a further £1.5 million (€1.7 million/$1.9 million) in nets set to be deployed between August and October 2019.
In the six months through July, the company reported two “last resort” seal killings, this represents a year-on-year gradual decrease in shootings since 2016.
