Is anyone else hearing claims that rampant asset-stripping is taking place at Scottish Salmon in Marybank? Apparently, a hi-tech grader and a gutting machine was being dismantled to be shipped off the island.
One possible problem for the company is that these are items of equipment which have been paid for with public funds and which were made available solely for job creation in the islands. I did, of course, ask the company itself about these claims on Friday but its bosses do not seem to have found the time to respond. Strange.
Meanwhile, the workers who do not toe the company line or do exactly as they are asked – like spontaneously writing to their councillors to demand approval of new Scottish Salmon fish farm sites or telling newspapers what a wonderful company they work for - continue to get their P45s. What the heck is going on out there? And does anyone care?
“And does anyone care?”
Unfortunately public apathy is one of the main reasons certain very fishy companies get away with what they do get away with. Along with an easily led and not very competent council desperate to create jobs at ANY cost. Plus a local press which has all the investigative journalistic skills of a coconut.
That was a nasty thing to say about coconuts.
reliance on monoculture of this nature, when harvest fails or disease strikes will inevitably lead to job losses….how often have we seen salmon companies come and go?
the sea around the islands is bountiful and with correct management, careful husbandry and correct policing…more jobs on a permanent basis could be created.