Mowi Scotland battling back against severe biological issues

Mowi Scotland continued to be plagued by biological problems during the final quarter of 2023, company figures show today. Challenges were unusually intense, with a high level of amoebic gill disease (AGD) which the company said was linked to the El Niño cyclical climate phenomenon and all-time high seawater temperatures. Jellyfish had also contributed to…

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Seafood sector gathers for safety initiative

This week (Wednesday 24 June), Seafood Scotland and Seafish as part of the Scottish Seafood Training Network (SSTN), brought the industry together for a webinar with Helen Muir, Chairman of the SSTN, to establish what change is required across the sector to make it safer for workers and consumers. Muir, Head of HR for Dawnfresh,…

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Scottish Pavilion offers Brussels refund

SCOTTISH seafood companies that had booked exhibition space at the now postponed Brussels expo are to be refunded by the Scottish government. Any firms that booked space within the Scottish Pavilion at the world’s biggest seafood exhibition, which had been scheduled for April 21-23, will get their money back, said Scottish Development International (SDI). Although…

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Aquaculture’s ‘new wave’ drives recruitment campaign

A NEW initiative to recruit young people into the aquaculture industry will ‘light a fire’ and inspire the next generation to find out more about the industry, said rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing. Speaking at the launch of ‘A New Wave of Talent’, a series of films highlighting the variety of careers in the sector,…

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Top trainees make Lantra awards shortlist

THREE aquaculture trainees have made the shortlist for Lantra Scotland’s annual awards, with the winners to be announced in March. The Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills, or ALBAS, celebrate the achievements of learners in land based, aquaculture and environmental conservation industries. Representing aquaculture this year will be Jimmy Dakin of Scottish Sea Farms, John…

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Gideon Pringle to leave Mowi Scotland

Mowi Scotland\’s high profile farming operations director, Gideon Pringle, is to leave the company, it was confirmed tonight. The search is now on for his replacement at Scotland\’s biggest salmon farming company. Pringle, who returned to Mowi in 2016 after five years as farming director of trout farmer Dawnfresh, is credited with turning around the…

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Minister vows to tackle fish farm licence delay

SCOTLAND’S Rural Economy Minister suggested yesterday that he would intervene to accelerate fish farmers’ licence applications. The current licensing system is a blockage to expansion that needs to be tackled head on, said Fergus Ewing, addressing the British Trout Association’s annual conference, held over two days in Stirling. The minister expressed his frustration over what…

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New vaccine hope for rainbow trout fry

A NEW vaccine for rainbow trout is to be trialled in a project led by Dawnfresh, Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, and the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA). A consortium, which also includes Kames Fish Farming, another Scottish trout farm operator, and Tethys Aquaculture, an aquaculture research impact company, will test the rainbow trout…

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Dawnfresh seeks local views on Bute farm

THE UK’s largest producer of farmed trout is to hold a public meeting to hear community views about its proposed farm off Bute. Dawnfresh, which already has farms in Loch Earn, Loch Awe and Loch Etive, will seek local opinions over its plans to build the new site, ahead of submitting an Environmental Impact Assessment…

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Careers day a Stirling opportunity for students

AQUACULTURE students will have a chance to meet industry professionals – and possibly their future employers – at the annual careers day at Stirling University next week. Around 150 people have so far signed up for the event at the Institute of Aquaculture, said the organisers, the Aquaculture Students Association (ASA). Now in its fifth…

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