A community in the West of Shetland has thanked Cooke Aquaculture Scotland for its support of £3,000 to improve its sports facilities. The Cooke Community Benefit Fund paid for the purchase and installation of a full-size all-weather outdoor basketball stand at Sandness Primary School. As the nearest large sports facility to Sandness is a 20-minute drive away in Aith, the …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has proudly co-sponsored the Taste of Shetland Food and Drink Festival 2023. This two-day festival, the pinnacle of Shetland’s culinary calendar, brings together live entertainment, culinary inspiration, and some of the finest food and beverages the island has to offer. Visitors and locals are invited to attend the event on the 28 and 29 October 2023 at …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has co-funded a project to re-build a replica of the significant wartime Prince Olav slipway in Scalloway, Shetland. The original ships cradle, which is used to hold a boat upright on dry land to allow the vessel to be repaired, was built in 1942 and was used for the fishing boats which were part of the covert …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has proudly supported the installation of solar panels at a Shetland facility which caters for people with additional support needs. The green energy project at The Outpost on the East Isle of Burra has received £5,000 from the Cooke Community Benefit Fund. Installation of the solar panels will result in the Australian-themed outpost becoming more energy efficient …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has pledged its support to a Shetland charity committed to safeguarding island communities from illegal drugs. Dogs Against Drugs Shetland, a community-led project first started in 2002, has received £1,000 from the Cooke Community Benefit Fund to continue delivering drug education throughout all schools in Shetland. Michael Coutts, Project Manager and Drug Dog Instructor at Dogs Against Drugs …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland (CAS) has inspired young adults by helping them understand and develop the skills required for a career in Aquaculture and the world of work. As part of their tour of employers based in Shetland with Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), pupils from Anderson High School visited Cooke’s Sella Ness office to find out about the variety of …
An Orkney island school has thanked Cooke Aquaculture Scotland for its continued support and the donation of laptops to enhance pupils’ learning and digital skills. Cooke Scotland purchased additional devices for Stronsay Junior High School after supporting the school to roll out its first set of laptops in 2021. The support through the Cooke Community Benefit Fund ensured every secondary …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland and Northeast Nutrition Scotland (NNS) proudly sponsored the 2023 Invergordon Golf Club Gents Open. Cooke’s own in-house feed division – Northeast Nutrition Scotland – is located at Invergordon Feed Mill which is a major employer in the town in the Scottish Highlands. The company is deeply committed to the communities we call home and was delighted to …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland is delighted to sponsor the Tall Ships 2023 event in Shetland. As host port supporters, alongside Scottish Sea Farms and sector trade body Salmon Scotland, we look forward to welcoming the crews to Lerwick from 26-29 July. The four-day Tall Ships event offers a welcome street parade, food stalls, live music and lots more, bringing the community …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland proudly sponsored the Orkney and Shetland teams at the 2023 Island Games in Guernsey. The two teams were among 24 different isles from around the world to compete in a variety of sports, while further creating friendships and memories, and strengthening our island connections. Athletes were supported through the Cooke Community Benefit Fund. As an intrinsic element …
A hybrid feed barge which slashes carbon emissions has been deployed on one of Scotland’s newest organic salmon farms. The hybrid barge has been deployed at Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Mill Bay organic site in Stronsay, Orkney by Inverness-based aquaculture supply company Gael Force Group, working in partnership with Norwegian sustainability leaders Fjord Maritime, who developed the hybrid technology. Under the …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has applied for planning permission for its second fully offshore salmon farm following the success of constructing and managing Scotland’s first “high energy” offshore site at East Skelwick. The new farm, would be located approximately 3km east of the southern tip of Papa Westray, and more than 4km from the closest landfall on Westray. Known as East …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has opened a new corporate office, as the country continues to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic. Our new corporate office is now located in Avondale House in Strathclyde Business Park in Bellshill, close to the main motorway serving Glasgow and Edinburgh – Scotland’s two largest cities. The main-door, ground floor office is in a prime location within …
Central Scotland Member of the Scottish Parliament, Graham Simpson MSP, met with Cooke Aquaculture Scotland today to hear about the importance of the Scottish aquaculture sector, and find out more about Cooke, a leading provider of premium Scottish salmon. Mr Simpson was one of the first people to visit our new Corporate Office in Bellshill. The MSP heard about our …
Loch Shin Sailing Club in the Scottish Highlands has secured more than £7,000 from Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to purchase two Bahia sail boats and three stand-up paddleboards. The funding from Cooke’s community benefit fund also enabled the purchase of crucial safety equipment including life jackets, wet suits and first aid kits. Cooke also provided funding for subsidised hoodies for members, …
As Organic September gets underway Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has confirmed that its newest seawater site – Bay of Holland in Stronsay – has become the latest to achieve Soil Association organic certification. The 12 100m pen site was constructed in early 2021 and stocked with Soil Association organic-certified smolts that currently average 550g. A new, purpose-built 200 tonne feed barge …
Liam McArthur MSP, the Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney, today visited Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Orkney operations. The MSP toured our Cava and Fara organic Scottish salmon farms in Scapa Flow and our visited our packing station in Kirkwall, hosted by Orkney Area Manager Robert Peterson and Orkney Packing Station Manager Michael Lewington. Cooke Aquaculture Scotland is …
Beatrice Wishart MSP, the Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland, today visited Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Shetland operations (Monday 19 July 2021). The MSP toured our Vee Taing seawater site off Uyeasound in Unst and our packing station in Mid Yell, hosted by Shetland Regional Manager David Brown and Yell Packing Station Manager Christine Nicholson. Beatrice Wishart MSP …
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has appointed David Cashman as its new finance director. David was previously head of finance at Highland Spring – the UK’s top bottled water producer – where he led the finance function for the £100m turnover business, responsible for all end-to-end activity within the division from transaction services, commercial finance to the year-end audit and preparation and …
A proposal to relocate our existing Chalmers Hope seawater site in Scapa Flow has cleared one of the final hurdles after gaining planning consent from Orkney Island Council. The council agreed that moving this site into deeper water with faster flowing currents would be better for fish health and the marine environment in Scapa Flow. The planning consent also enables …