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The Scottish Salmon Company Named Best Company in Top Aquaculture Awards

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.

THE SCOTTISH SALMON COMPANY HOSTS ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

The Scottish Salmon Company has welcomed a visit by Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Environment and Climate Change to its Hebridean facilities.
As part of a three-day tour of the aquaculture industry in the Hebrides, Mr Stevenson was taken to The Scottish Salmon Company’s state-of-the –art processing facility at Marybank, Stornoway on Wednesday August 3. On Thursday, August 4 he visited West Loch Roag to learn about the company’s award-winning ‘single generation, single loch, synchronised fallow’ system and was also taken to the Geocrab salmon hatchery for a comprehensive view of the Company’s sustainable and innovative supply chain.
Scottish Salmon Company’s Chief Operating Officer Stewart McLelland and Sales and Communications Director Su Cox hosted Mr Stevenson, explained to him the importance of the aquaculture industry in the Hebrides and discussed the contribution it makes to a sustainable rural economy.

Stewart McLelland said:
“We were delighted the Minister used his summer tour to visit the Hebrides and learn more about this dynamic and growing sector and the role it plays in rural communities.
“He had the opportunity to see at first-hand key facilities in our sustainable, integrated supply chain in the Hebrides and gain insights into the vital role that salmon farming plays in the Islands’ economies.
“Overall the visit was an excellent chance for Mr Stevenson to see first-hand some of the opportunities and challenges facing the salmon farming industry in the west of Scotland and I am confident that Mr Stevenson found it most beneficial.”
The Scottish Salmon Company accounts for around 20% of the Scottish salmon industry and employs over 300 people. Scotland-based and operated it is committed to developing its business within the rural communities in which it operates.

Stewart Stevenson MSP said:
“Across Scotland the aquaculture industry is growing and, particularly in remote rural communities, it is making an important local contribution, both economic and social. That’s certainly the case in the Hebrides where it has a key role to play, as I have discovered over the past few days.
“Scotland has a well-deserved reputation for producing high quality farmed salmon and last year the industry accounted for some 40 per cent of all our food exports – worth over £400 million. Other markets, such as mussels, have great potential and the clean waters off the West Coast of Scotland are perfect for this fast-growing industry.
“My visits in Lewis and Harris have been highly rewarding and informative and have emphasised the importance of balancing growth of the aquaculture industry with the need to safeguard the wider marine environment.”

5th August 2011

European Seafood Exhibition

Members of the Sales and Marketing team represented The Scottish Salmon Company at the European Seafood Exhibition in Brussels from 3 to 5 May alongside Scottish Development International. Also joining us was the head chef from Ginger Snap, Tania Dixon, who prepared a vast range of salmon dishes of which several were inspired by recipes created by The Scottish Salmon Company staff last year. Why not put in one with their name

The European Seafood Exhibition (ESE) is a key date in the seafood industry calendar. It attracts thousands of influential delegates and it is vitally important to have a presence at this show. We used the event as an opportunity to meet with current customers as well as making some useful contacts for the future.

International Boston Seafood Show

The Scottish Salmon Company was well represented at this year’s Boston Seafood Show - North America’s largest seafood event that was attended by over 16,000 buyers and sellers from across the world.

Our team were on hand at the show to help promote SSC and its products to this vitally important market.

As well as having our own small stand we were fortunate enough to have a pod on the Scottish Development International stand which further increased our exposure to potential and existing customers.

Kay Buist said: “The International Boston Seafood Show was a great success for The Scottish Salmon Company. It provided a great opportunity to meet key seafood business representatives and reach out to new customers.”

The Scottish Salmon Company Launches Sponsorship Deal At Mid Argyll Swimming Pool

The Scottish Salmon Company has committed to a three-year funding deal to support Mid Argyll Community Pool’s (MACPool) ‘Learn to Swim’ programme.

The £25,000 cash injection will reduce waiting lists, fill classes, and expand the programme to a wider age and ability range. Within the first year, it estimates it will be able to offer a further 10 classes a week for a total of 80 local swimmers.

The pool’s Business Development Manager Eilidh Bartlett also secured match funding from sportscotland for the development of the clubs who use the pool.

This sponsorship forms part of The Scottish Salmon Company’s healthy living initiative. Stewart McLelland, Chief Operating Officer, said: “Our healthy living initiative is very important to us as a company. We are committed to supporting the communities in which we operate and this fantastic initiative at MACPool is an ideal way for us to support healthy living from a young age.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the efforts of the local community in the hard work and commitment it has shown in supporting this pool and we are delighted to now be a part of that.”

Eilidh Bartlet, Business Development Manager at the pool, said: “Securing this significant private and public sector investment helps to secure the future of MACPool and allows us to invest in enhancing our current programmes for the benefit of children and families in the community. We are grateful to The Scottish Salmon Company, and sportscotland, as this generous sponsorship means so much to all our community supporters and volunteer teams who have worked and campaigned hard to keep the pool open.”

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