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Scottish Sea Farms has won the overall award for Best Finfish Farm at this year’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards organised by the Crown Estate.
The leading fish farming company won a total of three awards at Prestonfield Hotel in Edinburgh last night (9 June 2011) and has been recognised by the industry for the outstanding fin fish farm at Lismore North, Argyll.
The award recognises Scottish Sea Farm’s Lismore North sites as an outstanding example of a long-established operation sustainably farmed and managed with insight, flair and sensitivity. The location and setting of the sites is simply breathtaking. The feed and feeding system used at Lismore is also unique and overall the quality of the fish farmed there is first class.
Scottish Sea Farms also won two other award categories. Farm Manager of the Year is David Duffy from Dunstaffnage. David joined Scottish Sea Farms as a school leaver 16 years ago and the award recognises his contribution to developing the Lochmuir salmon farming programme for Marks & Spencer. David has worked at Dunstaffnage since 2008 and was made Site Manager in 2009 at the age of 29, the youngest site manager in the history of Scottish Sea Farms.
Another award was picked up for Aquaculture Supplier of the Year with the winner named as Argyll based Fusion Marine. This salmon pen supplier has been working with Scottish Sea Farms for 20 years and was recognised for being a pioneer in the development of the superior three ring fish pen design.
Scottish Sea Farms was also shortlisted for other categories including:
· Aquaculture Ambassador – Geoff Kidd, Loch Spelve
· Retailer of the year – the Lochmuir partnership with M&S
· Innovation – for developing a unique staff development and training package
· Business development – working on behalf of the sector in opening export routes to China for the first time
Scottish Sea Farms Managing Director, Jim Gallagher, said: “The professionalism of management and competence of the staff at Lismore is second to none. The award recognises the focus we have on environmental excellence and the longstanding farming sustainability that is demonstrated. We were also thrilled with our other awards on the night and to be shortlisted in almost every category.”
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