Beatrice Wishart MSP, the Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland, today visited Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Shetland operations (Monday 19 July 2021). The MSP toured our Vee Taing seawater site off Uyeasound in Unst and our packing station in Mid Yell, hosted by Shetland Regional Manager David Brown and Yell Packing Station Manager Christine Nicholson. Beatrice Wishart MSP …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has appointed David Cashman as its new finance director. David was previously head of finance at Highland Spring – the UK’s top bottled water producer – where he led the finance function for the £100m turnover business, responsible for all end-to-end activity within the division from transaction services, commercial finance to the year-end audit and preparation and …
A proposal to relocate our existing Chalmers Hope seawater site in Scapa Flow has cleared one of the final hurdles after gaining planning consent from Orkney Island Council. The council agreed that moving this site into deeper water with faster flowing currents would be better for fish health and the marine environment in Scapa Flow. The planning consent also enables …
Due to the continued growth of our Orkney operations, we have taken the opportunity to bolster our seawater leadership team in Orkney. From 1 March experienced Orkney Area Manager Robert (Timbo) Peterson will retain overall responsibility for Orkney with specific focus on production sites off the mainland and Hoy, while Stewart Rendall will take on the newly created role of …
Aquaculture is underpinned by science which enables us to rear Scottish salmon maximising fish health and welfare while protecting and enhancing the marine environment in which they are raised. At Cooke Aquaculture Scotland many of the people applying this science are female. We celebrate the role women play in our company, and share some of their stories on United Nations International …
The Winter 2021 edition of the Cooke Magazine has been published, featuring news from across Cooke’s global operations.
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has taken delivery of two identical workboats – the Naomi D and the Ella May – which have arrived in Orkney and will support the company’s organic seawater sites at Cava in Scapa Flow, and Stronsay. The vessels are identical and were designed and constructed by Nauplius Workboats in Groningen in the Netherlands. Both are equipped with …
Meet Naomi Dempsey, the farmer who works above and below the water. Naomi Dempsey is living her best life after moving to the Orkney island of Hoy off the north coast of Scotland. She swapped her busy and hectic life in Surrey for the beautiful landscapes of the Orkney Islands back when she was studying for her Master’s degree, and …
Northeast Nutrition Scotland is pleased to announce that Gavin Ross has been appointed as Plant Manager at Invergordon Feed Mill. “We are delighted to recruit someone of Gavin’s calibre and experience to Northeast Nutrition Scotland” said Chris Bryden, General Manager at Invergordon Feed Mill. “Gavin comes with a strong background in manufacturing operations. His change management and continuous improvement capabilities …
Production at a previously closed fish feed mill in Invergordon has restarted. In November 2018 previous owners Skretting announced plans to cease UK manufacturing activities, and closed the Invergordon facility at the end of April 2019. Canadian family-owned company Cooke Inc. acquired the Invergordon site in September 2019 and through its subsidiary Northeast Nutrition Scotland, has worked closely with former …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland, one of the largest producers of Scottish salmon and the leading organic salmon company, has successfully transferred the first organic salmon smolts to its new Mill Bay site off the island of Stronsay in Orkney. The salmon will be farmed to RSPCA and Soil Association organic standards. In February the company announced the creation of five permanent, …
Five full-time, permanent jobs have been created by a new organic Salmon farm, ahead of production starting in the spring. And there are hopes that the number of direct and indirect jobs will increase once a second site opens in 2021. Four residents from Stronsay have been recruited and successfully completed their induction with salmon producer Cooke Aquaculture Scotland at …
A modern apprentice with Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has been nominated for a top vocational education award. Cooke employee Emma Rochester combines her time studying at NAFC Marine Centre UHI and working at Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Ness of Copister salmon farm site on the southern tip of Yell in Shetland. She has made it to the finals of the British Education …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Limited, a leading salmon producer with facilities in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, as well as the United Kingdom’s mainland, is pleased to announce that Andrew Watson has been appointed as Public Relations & Communications Manager. “We are excited to welcome Andrew to the Cooke Aquaculture Scotland team,” said Colin Blair, Managing Director, Cooke Aquaculture Scotland. “He …
Cooke Inc. announced today the establishment of Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited after the acquisition of the former Skretting fish feed mill in Invergordon. The mill facility is located at Inverbreakie Industrial Estate and had previously produced fish feed for aquaculture companies in Scotland. Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited will manufacture fish feed for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Limited, a leading salmon producer …
Stromness/Orkney receives children’s play park donation! Sara Duncan and Robert Peterson (right of photo) from our community donations team met Kris and Ruby from the South End play park project to hand over a donation towards this exciting renovation. The team will be following the ongoing work and look forward to seeing the finished park, which will be enjoyed by …
Cooke Aquaculture were pleased to make a donation to the Orkney Samaritans. Pictured left to right are Diane Hay, Krystal Flett, Vicci Laird & Sara Duncan from our Orkney Office, along with Gavin Cullen from the Samaritans organisation. If you’re going through a difficult time and would like to talk to someone, talk to the Samaritans.
We’re proud to be able to sponsor the newly formed North Isles Netball team. Players from both Unst and Yell recently combined forces to compete in the Shetland Junior Netball Development League and the donation will enable them to design and purchase their own strip. The team’s coach, Linda Thomson (far left) and our area manager in Shetland, David Brown, …
Ceilidh & Supper Stromness Town Hall Saturday 2nd March at 7pm Come sail with us to the sound of, The Pie and Jam Dance Band Doors open at 7 pm (get your raffles!!!) for a 7.30 pm start. The ceilidh will stop at 12 midnight, doors close at 1 am. Tickets are £12.
Staff at the 2018 Shetland Xmas party raised the magnificent sum of £2009 for local good causes. That amount was then doubled by Cooke Aquaculture and donated to 4 youth groups at Westside, Yell & Unst. Pictured at the presentation are members from the youth clubs, Dave Bugh our Operations Manager in Shetland, and Michelle Johnson, Technical Manager. A big …