Scotland’s Salmon Farms Navigate Troubled Waters for Global Industry

Big fish. ---- Scotland’s Salmon Farms Navigate Troubled Waters for Global Industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-01-20/scotland-s-salmon-farms-n... At a village hall near Loch Linnhe, a sliver of water sandwiched between the Hebrides and Glasgow, Stewart Hawthorn laid out his plan to build the biggest salmon farm in the UK near this aging rural community. Once completed, the managing director of Long Loch Salmon said, it would create at least 16 jobs. It would feature eight enclosures holding up to 8,000 tons of fish, with a density double the industry standard. And most importantly, he claimed, it would help alleviate one of the biggest problems plaguing the business — excessive death rates.