The Grower January 2020 - 1 The Grower Newsletter for the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers January 2020 The Spirit of the ASSG Conference 2019 INSIDE THIS 24 PAGE ISSUE Forthcoming 2 Events CEO’s Column 3-5 ASSG 6-8 Conference Report of 9-10 NAEMO Letters to the 11 Editor Photo credit ; JHBrown Help with 12 The annual ASSG conference got off to a good start, opened by Scottish Biosecurity Government’s Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Mairi Gougeon MSP. (See full report pages 6-8) Here Dr Nick Lake, CEO causes her some mirth but News from 13- what has he said to amuse her so much? Please send your suggestions to be published in NORA 14 the next issue of The Grower due out April 1st 2020 (printable, non-libellous and non- political Ed.). There will be a small prize for the best entry. Maybe the prize will be for Sandsound 15 what was in fact the actual comment? The ASSG is very grateful for the generous sponsorship that supports the conference. Mussels World Oyster 23 Congress PHOTONEWS 24 Advertising The Grower is Season’s greetings to all our distributed to all members of the ASSG, readers to policy makers and scientists with interest in shellfish and is sent electronically all over the world to shellfish The Grower is a quarterly newsletter edited by Janet H. Brown, The Shellfish Team, 2 farmers and their ilk. It Annfield Grove, Stirling, FK8 2BN
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