The instability in employment for the workforce locally is revealed in fluctuations across this time period in full-time posts from 662 to 203 in the North West region, 178 to 35 in Orkney, 258 to 162 in Shetland, 375 to 108 in the South West, and from 288 to 134 in the Western Isles; as the sector emphases how it sustains many of those employees, around 1,500, [living] in remote areas where they form the mainstays of local communities (https://www.salmonscotland.co.uk/facts/business- economy/salmon-sector-supports-thousand-of-scottish-families these levels of insecurity and, at best having to move great distances to keep employment, questions the extent to which the sector ‘people an opportunity to work in the area they grew up in’ without disruption and additional family costs. 4 Henderson, J. (1987) ‘Semiconductors, Scotland and the international division of labour’, Urban Studies, 24(5), 389-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420988720080611. 5 https://publications.parliame nt.uk/pa/c m200102/cmselect/c msc otaf/324/32405.htm Appendices 1 and 27; Whittam, G. and Danson, M. (2001) ‘Power and the spirit of clustering’, European Planning Studies, 9(8), 949–963. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310120093287. 6 https://find-and-update.c ompany-information. servic e.gov.uk/c ompany/SC138843/filing-history In summary, the Scottish salmon industry is owned and controlled by a very few enterprises all ultimately based outwith Scotland and the UK.