The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) kicked off the year strongly, reporting a hike in both its earnings and turnover, despite lower harvested volumes in the first quarter.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounted to £11.4 million (€13.5 million/$14.7 million), up 171 percent from the £4.2 million (€5 million/$5.4 million) reported in the same quarter last year.

The group's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) before fair value adjustment was reported at £9.5 million (€11.2 million/$12.2 million) in the quarter, up from £2 million (€2.4