Bakkafrost says Q1 harvest in Scotland will be smaller
BAKKAFROST has said that its first quarter harvest from its Scottish operation will be appreciably lower this year.
In a trading update the company said output from Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) sites – part of the Bakkafrost group – will total just 4,000 tonnes between January and March, against 7,000 tonnes 12 months ago.
The Faroe Islands harvest, on the other hand, is 3,500 tonnes higher at 17,500 tonnes. Feed sales reached 26,200 tonnes against 23,800 tonnes last year.
The sharp drop in the first quarter Scottish harvest is not unexpected. Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen referred to the biological problems at SSC in his annual sustainability review, in which he said that the company was taking action to tackle them.