Howietoun Fishery

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The Howietoun Fishery is a fish farm near the Scottish city ​​of Stirling in the council area of the same name . In 1981 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 2003. Furthermore, the Howietoun Fishery, together with the Milnholm Hatchery , a footbridge and a former mill, form a category A monument ensemble . The associated Milnholm Hatchery is also classified separately as a category A structure.

history

Fish farms already existed in Scotland in the 1860s. At that time, however, no optimized breeding methods were known, so that their economic potential was not exploited. On his estate, James Maitland, the 4th Baronet of Barnton, Sauchie and Bannockburn took a scientific approach to fish farming. For this purpose, he set up the Howietoun Fishery at the beginning of the 1870s as an experimental operation. By 1873 Maitland had developed an improved process and began to operate trout farming commercially. In the following years the company grew gradually. In the 1880s, a method of shipping spawn was developed. This was shipped to Australia , New Zealand and the United States , which is why the trout was first introduced into these ecosystems. Milnholm Hatchery, only a few kilometers away, was built for rearing in 1881. The Howietoun Fishery is considered to be the first fish farm to be operated commercially using scientifically optimized methods.

After the previously family-owned property was demolished in 1967, operations ceased. In 1979 the University of Stirling took over the facility together with its historically important archive. In the 1980s, funds were made available to establish a salmon farm . The fish farm supplies around 50,000 trout and 700,000 salmon annually.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Historical information

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Coordinates: 56 ° 4 '21.9 "  N , 3 ° 57' 11.3"  W.