A new chill room has been developed at Macduff Harbour in Aberdeenshire.

More than £16,000 was invested to develop the automatic facility, which has the capacity to store 400 boxes of fish or prawns.

The scheme is one of many improvements and facilities being added to the harbour to benefit the local fishing industry.

Various improvements include a new road layout at the harbour and additional car parking facilities. A number of new safety and operational systems of work have also been created to optimize harbour and slipway use. Investigatory work is also ongoing to consider the viability of installing an ice plant.

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Duncan Mackie, Harbour Officer, said: "It is important to have a chill facility at the harbour so boats landing here on a daily basis can keep their catch as fresh as possible before it is picked up and taken to market.

"We managed to ensure the chill room was in place ready for the beginning of the Moray Firth squid fishery, and since it was installed it has also been used on a daily basis for fish and prawns."

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