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The Scottish Salmon Company beat off stiff competition to win Best Marine Aquaculture Company at the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards, sponsored by The Crown Estate (Thursday 9th June 2011).
The judging panel awarded top prize to The Scottish Salmon Company for all-round excellence, commending the company for its sustainable practice, business performance, investment, staff management practices and local community involvement.
The award also recognised The Scottish Salmon Company’s success in other categories, the company having made the final for Farm Manager of the Year, the Innovation Award and the Best Finfish Farm Award.
Bill Hazeldean, Chief Executive of The Scottish Salmon Company said:
“We are delighted and extremely proud to have won this prestigious award
“As a young company, it is a fantastic endorsement of the hard work and dedication shown over the past two years and reward for sticking to our core values of pride, passion and provenance.
“We have made great progress in a short space of time and we hope to use this award as a springboard for greater success in the future.”
The Scottish Salmon Company is a principal player in the Scottish aquaculture industry responsible for approximately 20% of Scottish salmon production. It operates from around 40 sites and employs around 300 people on the West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles.
Its recently opened Marybank processing plant in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis is one of only a few facilities to produce high quality pre-rigour pin-bone-out fillets. Operational since late 2010 filleting is now running at more than 50% of capacity as the company endeavours to develop new sites to realise its full potential.
Scottish-based and operated, the company is committed to building a sustainable business within Scotland’s rural communities.
Notes to editor:
The Scottish Salmon Company is the leading Scottish-based producer of Scottish salmon, providing superior quality Scottish salmon to local and international markets. It currently produces more than 20,000 tonnes per year, over 20% of the total Scottish salmon production.
The company is engaged in all stages of the value chain of farming Scottish salmon, from smolt production to harvesting, processing and sales, in Scotland. It owns over 40 sites on the Hebrides and West Coast of Scotland along with two processing plants.
The head office is located in Edinburgh and the company currently employs over 350 people, many of whom live in remote rural communities.
As a principal player in the Scottish aquaculture industry, The Scottish Salmon Company is committed to high standards of animal welfare, sustainable operations and promoting a responsible environmental policy.
The company is committed to the communities in which it operates and keeping value in Scotland.
Formerly Lighthouse Caledonia, the Company launched as The Scottish Salmon Company in July 2010. It is listed on the Oslo Bors stock exchange. |