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Loch Duart profits up 126% for 2023
Independent salmon producer Loch Duart Ltd has reported profits of £3.4m for the 2023 financial year, up from £1.5m. The company’s accounts for the year 31 March 2023 also show that turnover was £52.5m (2022: £40.6m). Loch Duart farms salmon derived from a wild Scottish strain, in Sutherland and the Hebrides. The directors’ report for…
Read MoreAs others see us
One of the benefits of coming towards the end of one’s career is the ability to look back at how the industry has performed. For a change, I’m not talking about farm performance but about how well we respond to some of the reasonable – and unreasonable – criticism that we face as an industry.…
Read MoreLoch Duart named as ‘inspiring’ business
Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart has been named as one of Britain’s most inspiring companies by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Mark Warrington, managing director with Loch Duart, said: “Being named a London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘Company to Inspire Britain’, is a huge honour for Loch Duart. We aim to produce the highest quality…
Read MoreLoch Duart helps fund new accessible Wheelyboat
Independent Scottish salmon farm, Loch Duart, has donated over £7,300 through its Salmon Pool fund, to the North Uist and South Uist Angling Clubs to help purchase a brand-new, accessible boat. National charity, The Wheelyboat Trust, in partnership with the Angling Trust, will supply the new boat, giving disabled anglers and boating enthusiasts throughout the…
Read MoreLifeline deliveries over the sea from Skye
A SEAFOOD business on Skye is providing a lifeline delivery service to neighbours on the remote island of Rona during the coronavirus crisis. Ewen Grant and Janice Cooney normally operate seafood cruises aboard their 40-foot luxury catamaran, Seaflower. The popular tourist attraction, which operates from Portree to Rona and Raasay, serves freshly caught seafood on…
Read MoreYoung chefs win starring role at Brussels expo
TWO teenage students have won a trip to the world’s biggest seafood show, where they will prepare salmon dishes for Scottish farmer Loch Duart. Jaypee Escaro, 18, from Stevenage, and Michael Brown, 18, from Letchworth Garden City, are both Level 3 students on the advanced diploma in professional cookery course at North Hertfordshire college. They…
Read MoreLoch Duart drives anti-fish fraud fight
THE independent Scottish salmon producer Loch Duart is spearheading a campaign to outlaw illegal fish fraud, some of it bearing the company’s name. The Sutherland company, which prides itself on farming in an ethical and sustainable way, says the fraudsters usually use inferior fish. It is now adapting technology to launch a sting operation against…
Read MoreLoch Duart boss Alban to retire
LOCH Duart managing director Alban Denton is to retire at the end of the year after five years in the post, the company announced today. The board was informed of his decision several months ago, said the company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year Loch Duart, which farms in Sutherland and the Uists,…
Read MoreLoch Duart at 20, a picture of success
SALMON farmer Loch Duart celebrated its 20th anniversary recently with a get-together for more than 100 staff and a commemorative book of photographs. Loch Duart employees gathered at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness, where they were given a copy of the special publication, which features portraits of every team member. The book also includes photography…
Read MoreFocus on freshwater in gill health study
SCOTTISH aquaculture experts are aiming to determine the optimal water conditions for treating salmon with gill health issues. A consortium – including Loch Duart, Nevis Marine, Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, Pulcea, Norway’s Institute of Marine Research, and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) – will test the effect of fresh and low salinity water on…
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