Bakkafrost Scotland Wins Enterprise Award for Excellence in Innovation

Bakkafrost Scotland has won the Highlands and Islands Enterprise Award for Excellence in Innovation at the recent Prosper Business Excellence Awards.

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise Award for Excellence in Innovation is a prestigious recognition celebrating businesses that are driving forward new ideas, strengthening the region’s economy and championing Scotland’s natural capital. The award highlights meaningful action on sustainability, innovation and long‑term impact.

This recognition celebrates the transformational work taking place at Applecross, our flagship sustainability project and the UK’s largest recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Applecross represents a bold leap forward for Scottish aquaculture — delivering new standards in freshwater production, fish welfare, environmental performance and rural employment.

Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands and touts iteslef as the world’s third-largest fish farming company.