Editor’s Welcome

No smoke. No Fire. That was the end result of the ‘suspected’ connection to salmon in the latest covid- outbreak in Beijing. The incident sent shockwaves around the industry and, as Sandy Neil outlines in his in depth study of what took place later in this issue, the reverberations will continue for some time to come. Elsewhere we have seen the lockdowns starting to ease in a lot of places, including finally here in Scotland, but also seen many other places take a couple of steps backwards. This seems to be the emerging pattern.

It has been a busy month for the industry, with some new support packages announced, although there have also been some examples of companies repaying furlough funds back to the government as they found that they had not been required. There was also a notable departure at the SSPO announced, as it was revealed that ulie Hesketh-Laird will be leaving her post as Chief Executive in the autumn.

With no physical shows this year, the number of online conferences and seminars has boomed and we give an update on Nor-Fishing’s ‘virtual’ 2020 event in the news section. We also take our regular look at both transport and logistics and breeding and genetics.

Finally, Vince McDonagh takes an interesting look at the prospects for plaice farming, as well as running his eye over the possible effects of sea warming for the fish farming industry (spoiler alert they’re not good ).

I may finally be let out on the road to meet a few of you in the very near future, but until then enjoy reading this months maga ine.