Sustainable Salmon Farming

sustainability

We prioritise absolute quality and integrity from loch to plate with sustainability at the heart. Our Healthy Living Plan sets our commitment to sustainability across our five pillars - these are Healthy Business, Healthy Salmon, Healthy People, Healthy Communities and Healthy Environment.

THE HEALTHY LIVING PLAN

HEALTHY BUSINESS

Bakkafrost is committed to demonstrating responsible leadership on industry issues and sustainability. We do this both at an international level through our contribution to initiatives such as the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), and at a local level through the Scottish Salmon Producers Organization, Scotland Food & Drink and other industry groups.

HEALTHY PEOPLE

Bakkafrost Scotland is the leading producer of the finest quality Scottish salmon operating over 60 sites across the West Coast of Scotland and Hebridean Islands. We employ over 400 people across our remote communities and are passionately committed to the environmental, cultural and economic sustainability of rural Scotland.

HEALTHY SALMON

Bakkafrost has the market’s longest vertically integrated value chain located in a very small geographical area. The value chain extends throughout the farming process, from receiving fish, from MSC approved quotas, to the internal production of fishmeal and fish oil used for the specially in-house made feed. The raising process from roe to fully grown salmon takes almost 3 years.

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

At Bakkafrost Scotland, eco-efficiency is at the heart of everything we do. Our most recent projects include optimising feeding with specialist feed technicians and investing in the latest freshwater technology and RAS facilities to reduce time at sea.

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

We farm in some of the most beautiful, remote and fragile coastal regions in Scotland. We respect the major role that salmon farming plays in these remote areas and are devoted to being an active and integral part of our communities.

We are committed to creating shared value in the rural communities in which we live and work. Our Community Charter pledges our commitment to our people, suppliers and communities.