A large scale scallop-farming industry is being planned off the coast of Scotland after the development of new techniques to rear the prized shellfish, according to reports in The Times.
In a move producers hope will mirror the burgeoning salmon-farming industry, business leaders are to meet next month to discuss plans for widespread farming off the west coast.
The only Scottish company currently farming scallops is Scot-Hatch, which works with the Norwegian company Scalpro.
Last year they produced 750,000 scallops from juvenile spats.
