Aird Fada Seaweed Farm : South West Mull and Iona Development

Aird Fada Seaweed Farm

Seaweed farming is a growing global industry and seaweed is in high demand for a multitude of uses from culinary, to horticultural, agricultural and bio-plastics to cosmetics and clothing. We have benefitted from collaboration with Delfinity Ltd, Argyll Aquaculture Resource Consultants, SAMS (the Scottish Association of Marine Science), HIE (Highlands and Islands Enterprise) and Argyll and Bute Council in exploring the practicalities and viability of a community seaweed farm and are very excited by its potential!

READY FOR AUTUMN 2021

With support from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund we are set to install infrastructure on a 6 hectare site at Aird Fada in Loch Scridain ready for operations to begin in Autumn 2021.

SEEDING PLANS FOR 2021 & 2022

We will begin with seeding 2ha of the site in 2021 with profits made from the first year of production to enable adding seeded lines to the full 6 hectares in 2022.

WET AND DRY SEAWEED

Seaweed can be sold as a wet or dry material and we are making plans to develop shore side drying facilities at Bendoran to give us the flexibility to produce both in response to market preferences.

JOBS & TRAINING

A full-time asset manager job will be created in 2021 and the farm will also generate contract work for local fishermen. In the future, we expect to increase our workforce and offer training opportunities.

CREATING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

In the future we also hope to add value to the raw seaweed, either by developing our own valued added products or by selling a proportion of seaweed locally to create business opportunities.

Aird Fada Seaweed Farm

What we’re working on…

READY FOR AUTUMN 2021

SEEDING PLANS FOR 2021 & 2022

WET AND DRY SEAWEED

JOBS & TRAINING

CREATING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteer with us

THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THANKS TO...