SSPO chief Julie Hesketh-Laird, pictured with rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing, speaks about the industry's response to Covid-19 in the new edition of Fish Farming Expert magazine (see link below).

In Fish Farming Expert magazine today: Salmon chief's buy British plea

Julie Hesketh-Laird, the chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation, has urged the Scottish and UK governments to encourage retailers to buy Scottish salmon.

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Hesketh-Laird was speaking during an interview with Fish Farming Expert magazine, published online today, in which she also talked about the measures taken to ensure fish farming could continue during the Covid-19 lockdown, and the concessions made by regulators.

The CEO also addressed the possibility of producers having to freeze or even can fish because of the huge reduction in food service and export markets caused by the epidemic.

Fish Farming Expert magazine is available online.

Read the full article, plus news on how other salmon-farming countries are coping with Covid-19, in the digital-only edition of Fish Farming Expert magazine, available free here and on the fishfarmingexpert.com home page.

Other features include:

  • The Faroese smolts that spend just nine months at sea;
  • Interviews with Lantra-award-winning fish farmers from Scottish Sea Farms, Grieg and Dawnfresh;
  • The congressmen hoping to remove the red tape tying up US aquaculture; 
  • How the latest science is being used to identify the best sites for Scottish fish farms.

Readers who prefer a free PDF copy of the magazine can get one by emailing ryan@fishfarmingexpert.com.  

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