While producers root for cod farming to become a Shetland Isles success story, Johnsons Seafarms accounts for most of the cod farming activity in Scotland. And 2006 was truly the breakthrough year for Johnson.

“We’re hoping Johnson will triumph because this will lead to greater interest for others engaged in marine farming, not least from investors,” Richard Slasky, director of the Federation of Scottish Aquaculture Producers (FSAP), told IntraFish.

Slasky’s organization oversees the interests of a group whose combined turnover totals NOK 384 million (€47.5