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Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2019
This report is based on the returns of an annual survey questionnaire sent to all active authorised shellfish farming businesses in Scotland. Statistics on employment, production and value of shellfish from Scottish shellfish farms are presented.
Employment
The industry employed 136 full-time and 141 part-time and casual workers during 2019. The number of full-time staff decreased by one and the number of part-time and casual employees decreased by 20 compared with 2018. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 7. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland decreased by 7% from the 2018 total of 298.
| Region | Businesses | Staff | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | Total | ||
| Highland | 44 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 59 |
| Orkney | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Shetland | 23 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 89 |
| Strathclyde | 43 | 36 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 94 |
| Western Isles | 14 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Scotland | 129 | 125 | 11 | 66 | 23 | 46 | 6 | 277 |
Contact
Email: lorna.munro@gov.scot
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