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FISH FARMER TIMELINE 2010
1994 Marine Harvest goes solo Unilever pull the plug
On 13th February Unilever, the company instrumental in the creation of Scotland’s first salmon farm, announced its intention to withdraw from many of its agribusiness operations, including Marine Harvest international and BOCM Silcock. At this time Marine Harvest accounted for 25 per cent of Scottish salmon production and employed 600 people in Scotland.
David McCarthy, chairman of Marine Harvest International, appeared unfased by the
With Windsor castle in flames, women priests allowed to be ordained and the value of the pound plum- meting to such an extent that it’s kicked out of the ERM, it’s a tough year for the British es- tablishment. But this is nothing compared to the Balkans, where war, once more breaks out, as Serb troops em- bark on the now infamous Siege of Sarajevo.
An amphibious vehicle dubbed the Amphitruck looked set to become an integral part of Scotlnad’s aquaculture industry, having been displayed at this year’s Glasgow Fish Farming Exhibi- tion. Made by SCDC Ltd, who were keen to start building them in Lanarkshire, the amphibious vehicle was billed as a multi-purpose fish farm work vessel.
development, however. ‘For all of us at Marine Harvest
Amphibious assault on fish farms
it’s business as usual. We have a strong company and a strong belief in its future. In Scotland our performance improved sharply during 1991 and we are well placed to benefit from the improvement in salmon prices that is widely forecast to begin during the second half of this year. In Chile we have probably the finest salmon farms anywhere in the world and the results are excellent. Therefore I’m sure there will be a great deal of interest in the company.’
Halibut – flat by name, flat by nature
Despite early breakthroughs in homegrown halibut, spear- headed by Ardtoe Laboratory in 1988, techniques had still not been perfected by 1992, and Scotland was lagging behind its Norwegian rivals.
Indeed, the 20 fish farmers who had formed the British Halibut Association still had little to show for their effort, but despite this there was still some optimism amongst hardened flattie fanatics.
Malcolm Gillespie, manager of Ardtoe, was one such opti- mist. ‘There’s a good market demand for fresh halibut at the moment, and likely to be for a long time in the future. It outstrips supply by a long way, so halibut is likely to be high-priced product offering good returns for the successful farmer.’
There was still optimism among flattie fanatics
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