The phrase 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' springs to mind on reading the news that Marine Harvest Canada's Director of Public Affairs (Ian Roberts) is moving to Scotland and Marine Harvest Scotland's Environment Manager (Chris Read) is moving to Canada in an apparent job swap for three years.
Marine Harvest Canada's May 2018 newsletter reports:
Don Staniford Tweeted:
Or maybe it's a case of rearranging the deck chairs on HMS Titanic?
The Comox Valley Record reported in January 2018:
A press release issued on 17 May 2018 by Marine Harvest Canada lists Chris Read as Communications Manager:
Chris Read used to work as Marine Harvest Scotland's Environment Manager and will certainly need his hard hat dealing with the storm of protests building up in British Columbia:
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Here's Chris (photo published in the Press & Journal in June 2017) digging a big hole for himself!
Ian Roberts will also have a huge job on his hands as the new Communications & Business Development Director at Marine Harvest Scotland – a company shedding jobs due to disease and lice problems.
The National reported in 2016:
BBC News reported in February 2018:
Marine Harvest's Q1 2018 financial report published in May 2018 was grim reading for shareholders of this Norwegian company:
Marine Harvest owner John Fredriksen is down to his last £6.7 billion losing £1.35 billion in 2017 – now at #19 in The Sunday Times UK Rich List 2018 (down from #12 in 2017).
BBC News reported (19 May 2018) further trouble ahead for Scotland's disease-ridden salmon farming industry:
Read more about Marine Harvest Scotland's appalling environmental track record via Media Backgrounder: "Marine Harmfest Scotland"
