Shame Below the Waves
Imbalance’ – or just a lot of dead fish?
The Scottish Salmon Company, which runs the St Molio’s fish farm in Lamlash, shows a dramatic fall in profits for this quarter. Sales volumes of 4,686 tonnes for the quarter represent over 1,000 tonnes reduction on the same quarter last year, 5,468 tonnes. According to a report on the Fishnews EU website, the SSC ascribes the loss to ‘an imbalance in production cycles.’ This may, we suggest, be due to an outbreak of disease that caused lorry-loads of dead fish to be taken off the island. The company intends to rectify the situation with £40 million funding in place to develop new and existing sites
