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 …
We are very proud of our apprentice, Ross Johnson who has been awarded the Jim Tait Prize for the best SVQ level 2 student in aquaculture. He has also been nominated for Lantra’s Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards. David Brown, area manager for Shetland said “Since Ross joined us in 2015 he has proven to himself to be a …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland recently committed to a donation to the Orkney Charitable Trust (OCT) ‘Help From Home’ fund. This fund provides much needed financial support for families who have to deal with extended hospital stays on the mainland. Pictured accepting the initial £1,000 donation are Mairi Fleet (holding Holly Fleet) and Lynne Spence from OCT with Cooke sponsorship and donations …
David Brown did a great job with this interview about our Shetland operations on BBC Shetland yesterday! Full interview starts at 8.50min: https://soundcloud.com/bbcradioshetland/good-evening-shetland-wednesday-26th-of-july-2017?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland is pleased to announce its partnership with joii sushi & New England Seafood International (NESI) to supply Yo! Sushi restaurants in the UK with fresh farmed salmon from Scotland. Salmon from the Northernmost seawater farms in Scotland will be prepared by Joii Sushi Ltd, in Surrey. Joii Sushi Ltd is a JV subsidiary of NESI, which specializes …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland investment program in Shetland has achieved a new step on Friday 30th of June with the delivery of two new feed barges. The two 300t feed barges have been towed to Uyeasound pier, Unst, waiting to be set up in their respective sites. One barge is planned to be used on the re-developed Balta Isle site which …
Before summer holidays start in Scotland, Cooke Aquaculture is pleased to help Dounby Primary School investing in new sport equipment: scooters, tennis and climbing equipment… Diane and Sara from the Kirkwall office are pictured with some of the pupils at the school.
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Limited is pleased that the East of Skelwick Skerry Site in Westray, Orkney, has now been granted full planning permission, following today’s first Planning committee meeting of the new Council. The site is relatively offshore at 2.5km from the nearest landfall and will be equipped with technology that has been specifically adapted for high energy sites. Cooke …
Cooke Aqua Shetland’s team decided to hold a Christmas raffle to raise money for the clients at the 3 Care Centres in the areas Cooke operate in: Unst, Yell & Walls. The cheque was hand over a couple of weeks ago. We would like to thank our kind sponsors who gave prizes for the raffle.