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Scottish shellfish farm production survey 2017
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 146 full-time and 182 part-time and casual workers during 2017. The number of full-time staff decreased by 11 and the number of part-time and casual employees increased by 24 compared with 2016. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland increased by 4% from the 2016 total of 315.
Table 7 - Regional Employment 2017.
| Region | Businesses | Staff | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | |||
| Highland | 48 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 91 |
| Orkney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shetland | 23 | 59 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 100 |
| Strathclyde | 45 | 38 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 105 |
| Western Isles | 14 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Scotland | 132 | 138 | 8 | 79 | 26 | 72 | 5 | 328 |
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