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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