Canadian-owned Cooke Aquaculture has hired a new public relations and communications manager for its Scottish operations.

Cooke announced Thursday it hired Andrew Watson to manage communications for Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited, a business that has been established following Cooke's acquistion of a former Skretting fish feed mill in Invergordon, Scotland. He will also be responsible for the company's salmon farming and processing operations in the country.

"Staying true to Cooke’s vertical integration strategy, Northeast Nutrition Scotland is aiming to restart the mill in 2020 to manufacture fish feed for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland," the company said.