Outer Hebrides
Courtesy of Fisheries Research Services
Introduction to the Region
The Outer Hebrides region for the Tripartite Working Group covers the following Islands Lewis, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and Barra and the catchment areas for the freshwater systems, lochs and rivers which flow into the seas around the Outer Hebrides.
Currently there are 4 Area Management Agreements (AMAs) for the Outer Hebrides; 3 are signed (West Loch Tarbert, East Lewis and Harris and Loch Roag) and there is currently one unsigned AMA (Uist and Barra).
Angling, fishing and Aquaculture have played an important role in the economy of the Outer Hebrides.
The Outer Hebrides have approximately 2000 lochs and 80 catchments which contain salmon, sea trout, brown trout, eels, lamprey and pearl mussels and of these systems there are 24 rivers and Lochs with significant importance. There are 3 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) incorporated around the Outer Hebrides including one designated for Atlantic Salmon in Loch Roag.
Aquaculture has increased in the Outer Hebrides throughout the last 20 years and currently there are 45 marine sites, which range from conventional salmon farming to organic salmon farming.
To be continued.......
http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/factfile/socioeconomicoverview.htm
Western Isles Fisheries Trust Economic Survey attached below
Courtesy of Andrew Graham-Stewart
RDO Biography
Anne Marie MacIver has been working as the Outer Hebrides Regional Development Officer since July 2005, prior to this she worked for 5 years as the Quality Controller for a aquaculture company based on the Isle of Harris, covering all stages of the salmon production cycle and beyond to the consumers. She started out working for almost two years in a salmon processing factory microbiology lab in Stornoway since completing her Biosciences Degree from Strathclyde University in 1999.
Anne Marie was born and raised in Stornoway and is very fortunate to be lucky enough to continue working in such beautiful surroundings.
She is still unsure as to how she ended up working with fish, but she has grown to love them – but obviously not to eat them!
Steering Group Biography
TBC
: Western Isles Aquaculture Association
Pete Middleton
Economic Development Officer (Fisheries & Marine Resources): Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Simon Scott
Director: Western Isles Fisheries Trust
Courtesy of AnneMarie Maciver Courtesy of Donnie Maciver
