It can get chilly at this time of year, so we were pleased to be able to make a donation to Mid Yell school. The donation covered the cost of clothing for the children to wear when they’re taking part in outdoor activities. Pictured below is our Shetland Area Manager, David Brown & Technical Manager, Michelle Johnson, who went along …
Andy Young, Site Manager at Furnace, recently hosted a visit from Msc students studying Aquaculture at Stirling University. The students were given a complete tour of the facility by Andy, which they all found very interesting For those interested, the Aquaculture Students’ Association are holding a careers day at the University of Stirling on 20th May 2019. This offers a …
It’s that time of year that a certain gentleman is rather busy. Cooke Aquaculture were delighted to be able to help Santa get to the children’s party in Uyeasound, Shetland on board their vessel “Sea Sapphire”.
(Kirkwall in Orkney): On Thursday, September 27th, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy, Fergus Ewing, visited Cooke Aquaculture’s Orkney headquarters in Kirkwall to hear about progress made at the company’s new high-energy salmon farming site at East Skelwick, North Sound, Westray. The development of high-energy sites forms an important part of sustainably growing the Scottish aquaculture industry, allowing …
John McCulloch from Unst has become the first person in Britain to complete a ground-breaking professional development programme in Aquaculture Management developed by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI. John has completed the Technical Apprenticeship in Aquaculture Management just over 18 months after it was launched, whilst working as assistant site manager at Cooke Aquaculture Shetland’s Quoys salmon hatchery in …
Cooke employees, Dennis and Katrine Johnson attended the Walls & District Agricultural Show recently, and viewed the new Barbecue equipment, purchased with the assistance of a Donation from Cooke Aquaculture. The new Barbecue equipment, included a frame, serving hatch and most importantly waterproof covers! In the picture, left to right is Dennis and Katrine Johnson with Walls & District Agricultural …
The Simmer Dim Fishing Competition was started 15 years ago to raise money for Cancer Support Charities. It involves an all-night fishing competition as near to the Summer Solstice as possible, taking advantage of Shetland’s 24 hour daylight at that time. This Annual competition is a fun event which this year attracted fishermen from the UK, Canada, Norway, Denmark & …
Along with donations from our employees & suppliers, Cooke Aquaculture were pleased to be able to make payments to four Shetland Playgroups. These were: Aith & Bixter Toddler Group Walls & Distict Toddler Group Yell Peerie Breeks GroupUnst under 5’s Group Pictured (left to right) Claire Tulloch from the Aith District Playgroup, Keith Leslie our Hoganess Site Manager & Jacqueline Brown from the Walls Playgroup.
16th/17th June 2018, Unst, Shetland The Simmer Dim Competition was started 15 years ago to raise money for Cancer Support Charities. It involves an all-night fishing competition as near to the Summer Solstice as possible, taking advantage of Shetland’s 24 hour daylight at that time. The competition is a fun event which involves fishermen from all over the world, in …
Vicki Smith, our Environmental Officer from Shetland was delighted to issue the Shetland Junior Netball Group with their Jumpers, donated by Cooke Aquaculture. In total, there are 66 members from all over Shetland making up three squads who represent Shetland nationally. Vicki, is pictured below with the Under 13’s. Good luck girls!
A group of Norwegian Aquaculture students visited Shetland recently to look at the aquaculture industry and it’s similarities and differences within the industry. Skretting Fish Feeds Sales Manager, Gordon Reid, had planned a very interesting schedule for the group, which included a visit to Unst. The group visited one of our seawater sites and our Quoy’s hatchery, meeting our very …
Congratulations go to Chris Webb, our Environmental and Development Manager who recently completed a “Highland Fling”. This one isn’t a vigororous Scottish Traditional Dance but an 85 Kilometre Ultra Marathon which takes in the first half of the West Highland Way. As if running this distance isn’t enough, it also takes in Conic Hill and a total ascent of 2500 …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland were pleased to be able to support the Orkney traditional dance association at their annual Ceilidh weekend in April. The association aims to promote, revive, and preserve traditional dance throughout Orkney. Every year, a programme of events is held on Orkney over three days and is attended by locals and dancers from all over the world. Local …
Cooke’s brand new catamaran, the VAILA MARIE was launched recently at Scalloway, Shetland. The 14m x 7m vessel was built at Malakoff’s new boatbuilding facility in Lerwick, with a “sister” vessel currently under construction. The Vaila Marie will be operating on our Walls and Aith sites and will be used for general farm duties, along with heavier mooring work. David …
Cooke Aquaculture’s Erlend Grieve is pictured here (far right ) with representatives of the South Ronaldsay and Burray Sports Festival. Cooke Aquaculture donated a very useful container for the safe storage of their sports equipment. Pete Shenton
It’s taken a good few attempts since they started representing Cooke Aquaculture (and they even managed to take the wrong strip!) but they have finally done it : Skretting 5 a-side Champions 2017 are Cooke Aquaculture Scotland! It was very competitive through all the matches up to the final! With Cooke up against SSF in the final, it was very …
Our office in Shetland had a visit from the 1st Unst Brownies pack last night. They presented this beautiful poster detailing activities they had recently completed to allow them to achieve their Seahorse Challenge Badge. Cooke Aquaculture Scotland had help them with funding of the activities they had to carry out. They’ve purchased hi-viz vests to wear while out about. …
Katrine Johnson, from our office in Unst, Shetland, was invited to the Unst Senior Citizens Lunch Club yesterday. She presented them with a cheque for £500 along with a couple of salmon. The money will help with the running of the club and provide transport for people to attend. Mary Robertson, the cook, and her team regularly caters for between …
Andrew Robertson, Manager of Garasdale fish farm is currently reaping the rewards of years of hard work and perseverance in writing childrens adventure books. ATLA Publishing of New York, have recently recognised his talents and given Andrew a 3 book deal for his series of books for 8-12 year olds “The Dijimflippers”. The first book was launched 29th September and …
Robbie Renwick has visited the Dolphins club in Lochgilphead last Thursday and hopefully inspired a future generation of Olympic swimmers! Robbie was just 16 when he travelled with the Scotland team to the 2006 Commonwealth games in Melbourne. He then went onto becoming commonwealth champion in 200m freestyle, World championship Gold and eventually Silver Medal in Rio Olympic games. The …