date:Nov 14, 2012
affected at least half of them.
Slightly better news came from the salmon processing sector, which lost just one factory in 2012 compared to 2010. However the remaining 53 units contrasts starkly with the 71 processors that were in operation in 2008. Despite the drop of just one unit, the number of FTE jobs fell by 18 percent to 3465 in 2012, possibly as a result of increased automation in processing plants.
The majority of salmon processors are located in Scotland, which is also home to 99