Salmon farmer confirms redundancies 28/1/13
Some 27 jobs are being axed at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) in Stornoway it has been confirmed.
Six people opted for voluntary redundancy out of the number of employees who lost their posts.
The staff losing their jobs will leave at the end of February.
A SSC spokesperson said: “All those affected have now been informed and the company will continue to offer them support to find alternative employment as required.
“While this situation is deeply regrettable, it is our hope that it will only be temporary.
“The factory at Marybank continues to operate and once harvest volumes rise again we expect to return production to full capacity.”
The company said it held a full consultation with staff.
The fish farmer cut the number of harvesting personnel at its Arnish plant and workers at the Maryank processing factory.
The company faces a shortage in the amount of salmon available to harvest this year.
It took on 35 temporary workers to increase harvesting and processing for the end of 2012. It is understood the firm has now harvested all the entire Loch Roag output on Lewis.
The firm also lost a huge amount of fish due to a parasite which causes Amoebic Gill
Disease (AGD) said to be caused to saltier-