Mussel building

Scotland to pilot commercial spat production in £1.9m project

APILOT to test the commercial viability of a mussel hatchery in Scotland will be established in Scalloway, Shetland, as a joint Islands Enterprise.

The £1.9 million, 30-month project also

There is capacity and demand to raise produc issues such as the availability of mussel spat.

The establishment of a commercial hatchery to produce spat would help to resolve this issue,

ney said: ‘I welcome this announcement of an commercial mussel hatchery.

project: sels in Scotland.

ment.

stone to a commercial hatchery project.

producers in Scotland meet the industry’s shell

milestone for the industry.’

output.

some of our more remote areas.’

search made possible by this hatchery project will to commercial success.

The announcement of the project follows on from a study tour to New Zealand and Tasmania