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A year that is probably remem- bered for the all the wrong rea- sons, not least of which was the conflict in the Falklands, when the Argentineans sought to claim ‘Las Malvinas’ for themselves. Back home things weren’t much more cheery, with the Ford Cortina finally being discon- tinued after 20 years and five incarnations, making way for the Sierra. A cold start to the year as well with a record low of –27.2°C recorded in Braemar.
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Just don’t mention Las Malvinas Faroese salmon
So remote that most people thought that they were merely a misspelled Egyptian royal family, the other Faroes – those to be found north of Shet- land – began to come to fish farm- ing prominence at this time, due to the success of their salmon farming operations. Smolts were initially grown on so that they could be released into the islands’ rivers, and return as fully-grown salmon ideal for angling purposes and, after a few failed at- tempts, this approach began to yield decent rod catches. Encouraged by this, the Faroese government began to support commercial salmon farm- ing and it was hoped their debut harvest would yield 25-30 tonnes.
Prince is all ears for Tull’s new tunes
Prince Charles gave the Royal seal of approval to Srathaird Salmon by cutting the tape to mark the opening of a new £1m processing and packaging plant in Inverness. Backed by majority shareholder, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, the project was deemed of sufficient
importance for the Prince to miss a day of his highly-prized holiday at Balmoral for the oc- casion. The new plant aimed to meet the chal- lenge of creating a market for 500 tonnes of salmon a year, according to Robert Haxforth, chief executive of Strathaird, and although the plant would take all the production from the company’s base on the Isle of Skye, it could also benefit all 57 farms in the Highlands and Islands. ‘We are prepared to collect fish from the farm and help with the slaughter as requested,’ he reflected.
One of the interesting ‘innovations’ that the company behind the opening hoped to cash in on was to help create a market for something that, the article suggests, was still something of a novelty product – smoked salmon. ‘There are a lot of people out there who have never tried smoked salmon but they still say they don’t like it,’ explained Haxford, ‘but there is no doubt in my mind that the smoked salmon market can be developed’. Prophetic words indeed!
Cod could father a new aquaculture industry
The Fisheries Research Labo- ratory (FRL) in Lowestoft de- cided the time was right for aquaculturalists to consider diversifying into cod farm- ing. ‘Farmed cod,’ according to the FRL’s Bari Howell and Peter Bromley, ‘would prob- ably attract a higher price than its sea-caught counter- part because of its superior freshness and freedom from parasites. Tailoring supply to
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demand would also contrib- ute to an improved first sale price.’
With the benefit of hindsight, the latter argument might be more persuasive than the former – indeed, venison is one of the few products that enjoys a higher price in its farmed variety, but the belief in cod’s aquaculture potential did, as we know, persist for quite some time.
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