Bressay fishmeal producer starts operating under new guise.
Fish meal factory, Bressay, Shetland Islands Fish meal factory, Westfield, West Lothian. Fishmeal is made by cooking, pressing, drying, and grinding of fish or fish waste into a solid. Most of the water and some or all of the oil is removed. Four or five tonnes of fish are needed to manufacture one tonne of dry fishmeal. (2) Of the several ways of making fishmeal from raw fish, the simplest is.
Shetland Fish Products, the company owning and operating the fishmeal and fish oil plant at Heogan on Bressay, Shetland, is now wholly owned by Shetland shareholders. United Fish Industries, a subsidiary of Irish based public limited company Origin Enterprises plc, has sold its 50% stake in the company to existing shareholders Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Catch.
A new book detailing the history of the Bressay fish products factory was launched this week and will go on sale shortly. The Heogan Story was written by James H Tulloch, better known as “Hebbie”, former manager of Herring By Products Ltd which is now Shetland Fish Products.
Commercial fish feed Last updated November 09, 2019 Fish meal factory, Bressay. Manufactured feeds are an important part of modern commercial aquaculture, providing the balanced nutrition needed by farmed fish.The feeds, in the form of granules or pellets, provide the nutrition in a stable and concentrated form, enabling the fish to feed efficiently and grow to their full potential.
The book is about the history and development of the fish meal and oil factory at Heogan, Bressay. Hebbie Tulloch was employed at the factory for 31 years, working his way up from tea boy to manager. After some encouragement from a friend, he decided to put his years of experience and knowledge of the factory down on paper.
Pelagia (Bressay) Limited at Heogan on Bressay operates a fishmeal plant where industrial species can be landed direct to the factory. The primary source of raw material for the plant is by-products from other local fish and salmon processors.
Fish meal factory, Bressay. Manufactured feeds are an important part of modern commercial aquaculture, providing the balanced nutrition needed by farmed fish. The feeds, in the form of granules or pellets, provide the nutrition in a stable and concentrated form, enabling the fish to feed efficiently and grow to their full potential. Many of the fish farmed more intensively around the world.