Scotland’s Atlantic salmon farming industry is often overshadowed by the superior output of Norway, but the former is still the EU’s leading salmon-producing nation and the No. 3 producer in the world.
As salmon is the United Kingdom’s best-selling seafood product, a large proportion of Scottish production goes directly into fulfilling domestic demand, and yet it’s also Scotland’s No. 1 food export with a current annual value of around GBP 220 million (EUR 255.8 million; USD 346.1 mil…