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Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2022
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 125 full-time and 130 part-time and casual workers during 2022. The number of staff reduced across all the categories in 2022, except part-time females which remained the same as 2021. The regional breakdown of employment is given in Table 8. The number of people employed by the shellfish farming industry in Scotland decreased by 16% from the 2021 total of 303.
| Staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Businesses | Full-time Male | Full-time Female | Part-time Male | Part-time Female | Casual Male | Casual Female | Total |
| Highland | 39 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 49 |
| Orkney | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Shetland | 23 | 58 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 94 |
| Strathclyde | 37 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 73 |
| Western Isles | 11 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Scotland | 114 | 114 | 11 | 58 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 255 |
Contact
Email: Lorna.Munro@gov.scot
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