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Hamish Macdonell, Director of Strategic Engagement for SSPO, said:

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) is seeking clarification on which workers are to be classified as 'key workers'.

Joint statement from industry bodies; Scotland Food & Drink, FDF Scotland, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS), National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS), Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), Seafood Scotland, Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), Scottish Fishermen's Federation, Scottish Seafood Association, Scottish Association Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), Dairy UK, Agricultural Industries Confederation Scotland (AIC Scotland) and Scottish Bakers.

In a move designed to prioritise both public safety and maintain important supplies of fresh food to the UK market, the SSPO has postponed a ground-breaking new public engagement initiative planned for this summer.

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates the Scottish salmon sector is working hard to mitigate impacts while ensuring the health and welfare of employees and their fish.

As the UK's number one food export, restrictions imposed across the globe to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are inevitably impacting on the Scottish salmon farming sector.

As the UK's number one food export, restrictions imposed across the globe to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are inevitably impacting on the Scottish salmon farming sector.

The Scottish Government has announced a consultation to seek views about whether mandatory measures to control the harvesting of live wrasse for the salmon farming sector should be introduced.

Annual figures published today (06.03.2020) by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) show that the sector had an average monthly survival rate of 98.60 per cent for 2019.

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has published annual survival and sea lice averages for 2019 as part of its mission to offer open and transparent insight into how the sector works.

A Scottish salmon and smoked haddock pie has triumphed in the Fish Pie category at this year's hotly contested British Pie Awards.

Scottish Sea Farms, one of Scotland's seven salmon producers, is hoping to trial the country's first open ocean farm.