1. Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2008 report

2. Active and producing companies and sites
Number of Companies
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Registered
386
407
423
437
448
466
478
484
495
497
Active
151
176
173
183
178
175
170
168
Number of active companies reducing since 2005
52 Mussel, 32 Pacific/1 Native Oyster, 1 Scallop, 2 Queen companies Total of 88 companies producing for the table
Number of Sites
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Active
237
247
261
288
302
309
332
327
336
Producing
137
132
173
136
141
152
154
156
157
Number of producing sites relatively stable since 2004

3. Company production levels 2008
52 companies producing mussels in 2008
20 of these produced over 100t, contributing 81% of the Scotland total
32 companies produced Pacific Oysters
8 of these produced over 100,000 shells, accounting for 66% of the Scotland total
Small niche market for Native oyster, scallop and queens
Species
0-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
>100
Total
Pacific oyster (000s) 14 2 4 1 8 32
Native oyster (000s)
Scallop (000s)
Queen (000s)
Mussel (tonnes) 11 5 6 20 52 25 10 3 30 88

4. Table production by species 1999 -2008 (% change on 2007)
+22%
+45%
+79%
- 8%
+O%

5. Regional distribution of active shellfish sites 2008 and number of producing companies by area / species
Shetland
Orkney
Western Isles
Highland
Strathclyde

6. Employment trends 2008
Staff
Region
Companies
Full-time
Part-time
Casual
Total
Highland 54 22 36 16 74
Orkney 9 7
Shetland 46 12
104
Strathclyde 52 63 38
123
Western Isles 17 18 5 40
All Scotland
168
149
144 55
348
Western Isles had 14% increase in number of employees
All other regions showed decrease of at least 10%
Scotland total fell by 14%

7. The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture
Data to be submitted annually by GB to the Commission
Size of production facilities
Input to capture based aquaculture, only includes animals captured from the wild & fed prior to placing on the market
The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Authorisations of Aquaculture Production Businesses
Change from registration to authorisation
Initially all registered sites authorised & issued with a ‘Certificate of Authorisation’
All must comply with the conditions of authorisation & be assessed by the FHI
‘Risk based surveillance’- high risk sites, annual inspection; medium every 2 years low risk every 4 years
Changes to authorisations e.g. new site, change of species farmed etc. must now be applied for in advance

8. SUMMARY Mussel and Pacific oyster remain the main species
produced in terms of both value and tonnage
Mussel production increased by 22%, Pacific oyster by 45%
Scallop aquaculture targets a niche market; poor spat settlement has reportedly led to low production in recent years;
There has been a significant increase of 79% in the production of queens
Employment levels showed a 14% decrease from 2007, to 348 staff
Surveillance for the shellfish diseases bonamiasis and marteiliasis continued in Bonamia restrictions are in place at Loch Sunart and West Loch Tarbet
For shellfish health purposes, 1/3 of all shellfish sites was inspected during In 2009, with the Implementation of EEC Directive 2006/88, risk based surveillance of sites will be introduced;
The industry was dominated by small producers, although there was a continued trend toward large companies contributing to the annual production of all species.