Scotland accounts for around 10 percent of the world’s production of farmed salmon and is expected to produce around 139,000 tons of whole fish equivalent.
The country ranks as the world’s third largest producer after Chile, but 65 percent of production is split between three companies
The former Marine Harvest subsidiary was renamed Lighthouse Caledonia after French competition authorities said it must be sold or spun off to get the green light for the megamerger between Marine Harvest, Fjord Seafood and Pan Fish.
