UK: Scottish farmed shellfish sector looks to the future with confidence

Scottish farmed shellfish sector looks to future with confidence. The figures revealed in the recently published Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2023 underlines the resilience of the sector post Covid and its capacity to increase output, according to Dr Nick Lake, CEO of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers. He told Fish Focus that the situation with mussels was especially encouraging – production up by 13% to 10,311 tonnes in 2023 to the highest level ever recorded in Scotland. He said: “Mussels are an internationally sought after seafood due to their sustainable production and health and nutritional benefits. Consumer demand has increased in both the UK and Europe and the Scottish industry has been able to grow outputs accordingly. This recognises the longer-term growth plans of the sector and continuing investment by producers and processors.” For oysters, during 2023, 3.9 million Pacific oyster shells were produced for the table market, a decrease of 4% ...