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SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY SURVEY Geographical distribution
Scotland continues to dominate salmon processing activity in the UK and is home to 73% of units. The graph below illustrates that the top 3 regions in the UK are in Scotland. Other areas of the UK show much more modest levels of salmon processing activity, accounting for 33% of the primary processing units, 29% of mixed units and 8% of secondary units.
South/Midlands/Wales Humberside SW England NI
North England
Highlands and Islands Grampian
Other Scotland 0 5 10 Number of Units 15 20
The
top three salmon processing
regions in the
UK are in Scotland
Scotland is home to 73% of salmon
processing units
Salmon processing employment The geographical profile of salmon process- ing employment also reveals the dominance of Scotland in the salmon processing industry, with 82% of salmon FTE jobs located in Scotland.