Reports

The Scottish salmon farming sector is committed to transparency in its reporting of data. Sea lice averages for salmon farms are published every month with continuous data available since 2013.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations have issued their '2020 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Sustainability in Action' report.

Over the last five years there has been a strong growth in Scotland's seal population with Marine Scotland estimating there is at least 132,000 living in the country's coastal waters.

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) remains committed to the sustainability of inshore wrasse fisheries, including the voluntary publication of wild catch data which started in 2018.

The aquaculture sector contributed approximately £885 million to the wider Scottish economy and supported 11,700 jobs in 2018, according to new research.

Our salmon farming companies are growing even more healthy meals with a minimal environmental footprint, while increasing annual production and creating more jobs in coastal communities around Scotland.

The farmed salmon sector contributes over £640 million to the Scottish economy every year through direct, indirect and induced impacts. It turns over in excess of £1 billion worth of Scottish salmon at the farm gate providing direct employment for over 2,500 people in farming.

Farming of salmon continues to make a major contribution to the Scottish economy, supporting hundreds of jobs and generating valuable income.

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has published the results of a study commissioned to explore the sector's contribution to the Scottish economy.