Industry takes stock:Production statistics do little to illuminate the true status of the sector

摘要

THE shellfish industry takes stock of how it is collectively performing when the official Marine Scotland Cultivated Shellfish Production Survey is published in June (bit.ly/Scottishshellfish2019). The year on year (2017/2018) production figures showed a decline for all species, whether for the table or for on-growing. Does this indicate that 2018 was a poor year? After all, we had a long and exceptionally hot summer, with some areas unable to harvest due to natural algal bloom issues.