Cooke Scotland’s Community Benefit Fund has awarded the University of Edinburgh’s Development Trust (Viking Genes Fund) £10,000 in support of the Viking Genes Shetland Community Screening Project. The initiative will provide 5,000 Shetland residents with the opportunity to take part in a free genetic screening programme, designed specifically for Shetland. The programme will identify individuals at higher genetic risk of …
From the sound of instruments, to the rippling waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Former music tutor David Boyter was keen for a career change and decided to swap his mornings of tuning guitars and coaxing nervous beginners through their first chords, for working on the water in one of the world’s most beautiful locations. It might seem an unlikely transition …
Cooke Scotland celebrated the groundbreaking of a state-of-the-art Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility at its salmon hatchery in Cairndow, Argyll. The milestone event brought together local community members, funders, member of the Scottish parliament (MSP), and employees on 2 March 2026 to mark the beginning of a transformative project for Cooke’s salmon production in the United Kingdom. Designed to significantly …
The importance of salmon farming to Scotland’s rural and island economies was underlined by Beatrice Wishart MSP following a visit to Cooke’s Shetland operations. The Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland toured a farm off the west mainland of the island, hosted by Cooke Scotland’s Shetland Regional Manager, David Brown, on 27 February 2026. The visit provided an opportunity …