The company has its business on Shetland, with activities on 23
sites divided between five clusters. The company is the largest salmon
producer on Shetland.
Harvesting is performed by Lerwick Fish
Traders Ltd, which is a fully owned subsidiary of Hjaltland. Lerwick
Fish Traders Ltd is one of the largest salmon packing and processing
companies on Shetland. About 70% of the salmon production is to be
delivered as whole fish, and 30% as various fillet qualities. The
company’s new £4.2 million processing plant houses six trolley kiln
smokehouses for smoking both hot and cold salmon.
Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd. has developed a large
customer network in the UK and in Europe. The sales department sell
their own products in addition to fish from external producers. They
effectively deliver salmon through distributors to some of the larger
UK supermarket chains, such as Tesco, Sainsbury and Morrison.
GSF Hjaltland currently operates 31 growout licences, of which 23 are active. The company also manages its own sales department, a highly modernized harvesting and processing plant, in addition to a smokehouse. We employ about 160 people.