WildWaters ‘Fresh’ is the very best cut of salmon – the loin – prepared from finest Scottish salmon fillets (Photo: Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd)

WildWaters Salmon Recognised

Shetland’s leading salmon company, Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd, has been shortlisted for the Environment, New Business, Innovation and New Product awards in the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards to be announced at a dinner at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness on 29 October 2010.

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland’s portfolio includes a range of fresh, smoked and marinated salmon products under the brand WildWaters

Managing director of Grieg Seafood Hjaltland Ltd, Michael Stark, said: “We are very pleased to have been shortlisted in no less than four categories for these prestigious awards.

“It is gratifying to see that our hard work in taking the business forward has been recognised in relation to the New Business, Innovation and New Product (for our WildWaters range of smoked salmon and gravadlax) categories.

Managing Director Michael Stark

“We are also delighted that our environmental credentials have, once again, taken us to the finals of the Highlands and Islands Food Awards. In 2008 we went on to win the award, which was testament to the hard work and dedication of our workforce in ensuring that our environmental standards are upheld and that the clear and unpolluted environment on which we rely is protected to optimise production and protect the reputation of our product.”

The nominations follow a number of recent accolades for the company. Grieg Seafood won International Business of the Year at the Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2007, it was highly commended in the ‘Best Export Business’ category at the Scottish Salmon Farm Awards 2007 and a finalist in the ‘Best Marine Farm’, ‘Stewardship’, Aquaculture Processor or Retailer of the Year’ categories at the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards 2008. The company won the Fish Category in the Quality Food Awards 2009 for WildWaters Smoked Salmon 'Pastrami' and the Fish and Seafood Category in the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2010.

WildWaters Premium Salmon Loin

About Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd is Shetland’s leading salmon producer located in the northern isles of Scotland. The company’s superior salmon products include a range of cuts and trims tailored specifically to its customers’ requirements and supplied fresh or deep frozen.

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland’s portfolio now also includes a range of fresh, smoked and marinated salmon products under the brand ‘WildWaters’.

WildWaters ‘Smoked and Marinated’ comes in seven unique flavours, including organic smoked Shetland salmon and the award-winning Pastrami. WildWaters ‘Fresh’ is the very best cut of salmon – the loin – prepared from finest Scottish salmon fillets.

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grieg Seafood ASA (Publica, OSE: GSF) of Norway.

The group has four separate functions that operate as a vertically integrated unit - Hjaltland Hatcheries (smolt production); Hjaltland Seafarms (farming and production); Lerwick Fish Traders (processing) and Shetland Products Ltd. (sales and marketing). The company is the leading salmon producer in Shetland, rearing over one third and processing over 60 per cent of the islands' total production.

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd is Shetland’s leading salmon producer located in the northern isles of Scotland

Photos: Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd

Margaret E.L. Stacey
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