Arrive Shetland p.m. Monday 2nd October and meet at The Shetland Hotel, Lerwick. 

1600      BMFA Annual General Meeting

1830      Drinks Reception at The Lerwick Hotel

1930      BMFA Dinner at the Lerwick Hotel
               Guest Speaker,  (T.B.C.)

Tuesday 3rd October at the N.A.F.C, Scalloway

0930        Registration and coffee

1000        Welcome from Alastair Barge, BMFA Chairman

1010        Overview of Marine Finfish Farming in Shetland, from John Goodlad

1040        The Johnson Sea Farms cod farming history and view of the future, from Dr Lesley McEvoy

1115        Break for coffee / tea

1130       A view of long term feed sustainability and finfish mariculture, from    Graeme Dear of Skretting UK

1200       The work of the Seafish Industry Authority in assessing customer perceptions and market pull, from Karen Galloway, Market Insights Dept. SFIA

1230        Lunch at the NAFC,  courtesy of Johnson Sea Farms, Vidlin.

1400       Coaches to Johnson Seafarms at Vidlin for tour of the farm, thence to Scalloway to visit a Processing Factory and to the Shetland Halibut Company.

1900       Check in at Sumburgh Airport for return flight

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