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Scottish Shellfish Farms Annual Production Survey 1997

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Publisher: Fisheries Research Services (Scotland)

Creation date: September 1998

This report is based on an annual survey questionnaire of all registered Scottish shellfish farming companies. The cooperation of the shellfish farming industry is gratefully acknowledged. Movement and production forms were sent to 191 companies registered as Active before the survey. One hundred and eighty eight (98%) returns were received; the remaining three could not be contacted. Production returns were recorded from 170 companies (Table 1). Seventeen had ceased trading and one wild mussel fishery, registered as a shellfish farm was excluded from the report. The survey showed that 105 companies produced shellfish for sale, both for the table and for ongrowing. The remaining 65 companies remained in operation but had no sales during 1997. The number of Active companies has decreased from 187 to 170 since 1996 (from a peak of 229 in 1990). These companies farmed 265 Active sites, of which 158 placed shellfish on the market, a slight increase from the 157 registered as productive at the end of 1996, but a decrease of 45% since 1993, when 287 sites produced shellfish.

Key Words: Scotland • UK • Shellfish • Production Statistics