Buckie premier seafood producers ASL welcome MP Seamus Logan to celebrate firm’s ongoing success
A premier seafood processor was on the visit list recently for a north-east MP.
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP Seamus Logan took up an invitation from Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) to visit their Buckie plant to learn more about their high-quality Scottish seafood products and their processing facilities.
As a leading Scottish seafood processor, ASL is the parent company of two specialist fish and seafood producers, Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods and employs over 700 staff across their premises. With a focus on business growth and encouraging increased seafood consumption by the public in their domestic and export markets, they source, process and supply smoked salmon and scampi to customers across the world.
Speaking after his visit to Buckie, Mr Logan MP said: “Visiting Lossie Seafoods in Buckie as part of Associated Seafoods Ltd was a real eye opener into the high level of care taken by the team in processing their products, their commitment to the environment in terms of farming their products and sustainable packaging and the importance they place on looking after their staff, their families and the wider community in which they operate.
“I wish them continued success as they invest in their future, with their new fish processing facility in Arbroath and as major suppliers to Marks and Spencer.
“As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Shellfish Aquaculture at Westminster, I am concerned with the growing challenge of labour shortages in this industry and am committed to ongoing engagement with the seafood sector to ensure greater awareness of this issue in parliament.
“Closer to home, I would encourage constituents living in the north-east to support their local seafood suppliers - with partners like Loch Fyne Oysters and Hebridean Mussels, there’s nothing quite like the rich variety of Scottish produce available, fresh from the sea and our beautiful lochs to your plate.”
During his time at the Low Street plant, Mr Logan took the chance to look around the facility, including a visit to the factory floor.
Over their various sites, ASL employ in the region of 500 people drawn from a number of different countries.
