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Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2013
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 160 full-time and 173 part-time and casual workers during 2013, a decrease of 11 full-time and 14 part-time and casual employees since 2012. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland fell by 7% from the 2012 total of 358. This decrease in employment can be attributed to the reduced number of authorised businesses in 2013.
TABLE 7 Regional employment 2013.
| Region | Businesses | Staff | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | Total | ||
| Highland | 45 | 31 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 76 |
| Orkney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Shetland | 25 | 54 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 112 |
| Strathclyde | 49 | 50 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 113 |
| Western Isles | 18 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| Scotland | 142 | 145 | 15 | 103 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 333 |
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