Loch Duart and BioMar set up community fund
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart has announced the first projects supported by the new community fund it has set up with feed giant BioMar. The Loch Duart and BioMar Community […] Continue Reading
Loch Duart launches online shop
Salmon farmer Loch Duart has launched an online shop to make its products available directly to the consumer. Customers will now be able to buy the company’s restaurant-quality salmon to […] Continue Reading
Loch Duart’s hybrid barge cuts carbon emissions
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart has deployed a hybrid diesel-electric feed storage barge to help cut the company’s carbon emissions. The barge is based at Loch Duart’s farm site at […] Continue Reading
Loch Duart launches new ‘person overboard’ alert system
Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart has introduced a new ‘person overboard’ (POB) system, which it says will provide greater safety for all its team who work at sea. The system, […] Continue Reading
Bold as wrasse? New study aims to find out
Just like people, Ballan wrasse have different personalities. Now a team of researchers are looking to see how those differences might affect their performance as cleaner fish. A consortium of […] Continue Reading
Fish farmer invites sea lice audit observers
Scottish-based salmon farmer Loch Duart has invited independent observers from a fisheries conservation organisation to monitor its regular sea lice checks. Biologists from the West Sutherland Fisheries Trust (WSFT) will […] Continue Reading
What’s on your plate?
Trust in the food industry is increasingly linked to verifiability, Sandy Neil reports. It was the biggest food fraud of the 21st century. The horsemeat scandal started to emerge in […] Continue Reading
A hatchling industry
Salmon farming is a major sector for Scotland today, but the industry began with one harvest of just 14 tonnes, half a century ago on the shores of Loch Ailort, […] Continue Reading
Loch Duart reports growth for 2019/20
Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart saw growth in both revenue and profit for the financial year 2019/20, the company’s accounts show. Loch Duart made a profit of £1.3m (up 18% […] Continue Reading