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/ 13 February 2006

Cod farmers fish for business in the Shetlands

Deep in northern Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, innovative technology is being harnessed to farm cod and combat the effects of traditional intensive fishing. Johnson Seafarms, based in the Scottish town of Vidlin, is a farming company that specialises in breeding fish inside massive circular cages in the sea, as opposed to standard fishing methods with trawlers and nets.