Mussels and oysters make a great Christmas treat and are the ideal special occasion food, easy to prepare and taste so good too! Whether it is a delicious mussel ready meal from your local supermarket or buying from the fresh fish counter or your local fishmonger, you simply can’t go wrong with these fantastic shellfish. […]
Sustainability is very much a ‘buzzword’ nowadays, and quite rightly so, because it is now more important than ever that our food comes from sustainable and responsible sources. We are rather proud of the fact that our cultivated mussels and oysters are one of the most sustainable types of food around. And what’s the secret? […]
Image above: Bud the oyster dog With the growing season well underway there is work to be done every way you turn. Oysters grow particularly quickly on the outer site and need graded every month, bags to be turned and in some cases oysters to be re-bagged due to overcrowding caused by their fast growth. […]
Last time I wrote we were facing bad weather and trying to get our workboat painted and back in the sea. I can happily report than the interim period has seen some excellent weather up here in Shetland and progress has been much easier. Sun is always nice but what we needed was less wind […]
