Motion: Grieg Seafood Hatches New Jobs

Grieg Seafood Hatches New Jobs

Lodged by Mike MacKenzie Standard Motion 17 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the opening of Grieg Seafood Hjaltland’s Millbrook Hatchery in Shetland; understands that the state-of-the-art hatchery employs the latest technology in water recirculation, allowing for the production of high quality juvenile salmon from a much smaller volume of freshwater than is possible using traditional hatchery technology; believes that the opening of Millbrook Hatchery has created 16 new skilled jobs in Shetland and that it will produce a total of five million juvenile salmon every year; acknowledges that Shetland, which it understands already produces around a third of Scotland’s farmed salmon, now has the potential to become self-sufficient in production of juvenile salmon for the first time; believes that the investment will reduce the carbon footprint of Shetland-produced salmon by reducing the need to transport fish by boat from the Scottish mainland; congratulates Grieg Seafood on what it sees as such a positive contribution to the local aquaculture industry, and wishes the company well with its plans.

Supporters (17)