Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey: 2012 Report

This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland.


Employment

The industry employed 171 full-time and 187 part-time and casual workers during 2012. The number of full-time employees remained the same while there was an increase of 15 part-time and casual employees since 2011. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland rose by 4% from the 2011 total of 343. This increase in employment and the increase in the number of sites producing shellfish (see Table 4) indicates a continued confidence within the industry.

Table 7: Regional employment 2012.

Region

Businesses

Staff

Total

Full-time Male

Full-time Female

Part-time Male

Part-time Female

Casual Male

Casual Female

Highland

49

23

3

31

4

13

0

74

Orkney

5

2

0

2

0

1

0

5

Shetland

27

71

5

25

12

17

2

132

Strathclyde

54

48

5

29

7

18

2

109

Western Isles

18

13

1

14

2

6

2

38

Scotland

153

157

14

101

25

55

6

358

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