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Scottish shellfish farm production survey 2018
Report based on returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland.
Employment
The industry employed 137 full-time and 161 part-time and casual workers during 2018. The number of full-time staff decreased by nine and the number of part-time and casual employees decreased by 21 compared with 2017. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland decreased by 9% from the 2017 total of 328.
Table 7: Regional Employment 2018.
| Region | Businesses | Staff | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | |||
| Highland | 45 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 60 |
| Orkney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Shetland | 23 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 97 |
| Strathclyde | 45 | 37 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 100 |
| Western Isles | 14 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| Scotland | 130 | 126 | 11 | 74 | 24 | 54 | 9 | 298 |
Contact
Email: lorna.munro@gov.scot
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