The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

6. CONSERVATION

Table 6.34 Marine fish farming 19971 Sites in formal leases Area Salmon Shellfish % By area farming farming Total sites Scotland 545 368 913 100 Argyll 75 116 191 20 Lochaber 32 57 89 10 Orkney 28 16 44 5 Ross-shire 39 44 83 9 Shetland 171 12 183 20 Skye 34 46 80 9 South West 2 2 4 1 Sutherland 32 25 57 6 Western Isles 132 50 182 20 Source: Crown Estate Office 1 As at May 1997.