Inverlussa Shellfish Co Ltd 01680 812 599
Inverlussa House
 01680 812 436
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Inverlussa mussel farm is situated in Loch Spelve on the south east corner of the Isle Of Mull. It is considered to be very suitable for rope grown mussel cultivation due to the purity of its  waters with virtually no human habitation around its shores, and therefore it is normally classified as “category A” shellfish growing waters.

Loch Spelve has very little mixing between the full salinity salt water and the fresh water from the mountains, although this is very challenging when producing rope grown mussels and gives the company many difficulties, it does produce mussels which are known for their sweet, fresh and salty taste, which was recently voted “Producer of the best Scottish mussels 2009” .

Inverlussa Mussel Farm is proud to have been able to build up a strong team of young local people for its workforce. The company takes the quality and safety of its product very seriously, and apart from the normal “end product testing” the company was the first to develop its own system to carry out pre harvesting analysis and quantification of naturally occurring, “potentially harmful toxic algal blooms”. This work is carried out on site by a dedicated member of staff.

The company is a supply member of the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG). This is a co-operative, based in Bellshill near Glasgow. SSMG handles the marketing and processing for around 20 shellfish producers in Scotland and Shetland, our customers include Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrison’s, Asda, Lidl, and Aldi.

Mussel Farming is still relatively new in Scotland, and until now the most common method of growing rope cultivated mussels has been single ropes with plastic pegs. Over the last 4/5 years Inverlussa has been evaluating the potential of using the continuous rope culture system from New Zealand. During this coming season in 2010, Inverlussa will be the first farm in Scotland to harvest almost its entire crop from  the continuous system. Although there are still problems to be ironed out, the advantages seem attractive, and we believe this system could be the future in Scotland.

Inverlussa Mussel Farm has recently received accreditation from “Friends Of The Sea”.for..Sustainable Fish production.