Grieg back in SSPO fold

ALL Scotland’s salmon farmers are now represented by the industry body following the re-admittance of Grieg Seafood Shetland. In a letter to Rural Economy minister Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) confirmed that the company, which was expelled from the SSPO in 2014 following a dispute over smolt imports, had rejoined the fold. In 2014, Grieg Seafood reportedly transported more than one million live smolts from Norway to Shetland without the quarantine period mandated by the Code of Good Practice for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture.The company has since appointed a new managing director, Grant Cumming, with wide experience in the Scottish salmon sector. ‘I’m very pleased for the company to be part of the SSPO membership,’ said Cumming. ‘The SSPO offers considerable value to the industry across its technical, sustainability and communications functions.’