Marine Harvest invest £3 million on Muck

Leading salmon farming company, Marine Harvest, is investing £3 million on its Small Isles salmon farm

PART of this investment will fund the construction of new homes to house the employees who will fill the six new jobs the site will create. The farm is one of the first ‘open-sea’ farms planned for Scotland’s west coast, and is currently being stocked with smolts.

The new farm comprises 10 circular pens, around 400ft in diameter, which will produce up to 4,000 tonnes of salmon every two years. A 300-tonne feed barge is in the process of being built in Inverness by Gael Force Marine. The fully grown fish will be transported by well boat to the harvesting station at Mallaig, then by road to Fort William to be gutted.

Commenting on the new site on Muck, Alan Sutherland, MD of Marine Harvest, said: ‘Scottish salmon continues to be a great success story and we need to increase our capacity across the entire process.’

Above: The Isle of Muck Above: Lochailort hatchery Above: Receiving their award from Gavin Hastings are staff from Loch Hourn, Marine Harvest, winner of Best Farm 2007. (L-R) Peter Lane, Thomas Watson, Simon Nutkins, Alex Harvey and John...