Fury after fish giants get £50,000 handout

Wealthy salmon farmers net taxpayer haul for 'marketing'

- BY DAN VEVERS Chief Reporter

SNP ministers have been slammed after lavishing £50,000 of taxpayer's cash on a marketing campaign for huge salmon multinationals.

The Scottish Government gave half the funds for a campaign to boost “Label Rouge” certified salmon in French and European markets.

Firms which produce premium Label Rouge salmon include Norway's Mowi, the world’s largest salmon company, which raked in nearly £100million in profits from its Scottish operations alone last year.

Others benefiting from the cash are Faroese giant Bakkafrost and Canadian multinational Cooke Aquaculture.