Posts Tagged ‘Mowi Scotland’
Campaigner loses appeal against Mowi court order
Anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford has lost his appeal against a Sheriff Court order barring him from Mowi’s farm sites in Scotland. Staniford has for many years used covertly filmed video and photography of fish farming sites to back up his argument that finfish aquaculture is damaging to the environment and to the fish being…
Read MoreMowi Scotland revenues up, but profits down
Mowi Scotland has reported a 3.74% rise in turnover to £443.3m last year – but it also saw a large drop in profits. The latest accounts for the Scottish arm of the world’s largest farmed salmon producer for 2022 have just been published. The operating profit was £27m against £54m in 2021 and the profit…
Read MoreMowi wins planning approval for Kilbrannan Sound farm
Mowi Scotland has secured planning approval for a new salmon farm off the coast of Kintyre, on Scotland’s west coast. The farm, at Kilbrannan Sound, is expected to create 10 permanent jobs and is also linked to a major investment by Mowi in the local community harbour in Carradale. The company’s investment will see the…
Read MoreCourt bans activist from Mowi Scotland’s fish farms
Anti-fish farming activist Don Staniford has been permanently barred by a court from approaching within 15 metres of Mowi’s salmon farms in Scotland – but he has indicated he is appealing against the decision. Sheriff Andrew Berry at the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde at Oban granted the order of interdict, which prevents Staniford, from: boarding,…
Read MoreStrong uptake for Mowi\’s employee share offer
Mowi Group employees have been invited to buy shares in the company at a discounted price. So far, 860 have taken up the offer. Mowi is the largest listed fish farm group worldwide. It rolled out its share offer to all permanent employees in the group and in its subsidiaries in Norway, Canada and Scotland,…
Read MoreStrong uptake for Mowi\’s employee share offer
Mowi Group employees have been invited to buy shares in the company at a discounted price. So far, 860 have taken up the offer. Mowi is the largest listed fish farm group worldwide. It rolled out its share offer to all permanent employees in the group and in its subsidiaries in Norway, Canada and Scotland,…
Read MoreMowi Q3 results show high volumes, lower earnings
Mowi Scotland continued to be affected by a series of biological problems during the third quarter of this year, it emerged today – but improvements are on the way. The world’s largest farmed salmon producer has published its Q3 results which show, as expected, it achieved a global EBIT of €80 million, against €148 million…
Read MoreMowi warns of lower Q3 harvest from Scottish operations
Salmon farming giant Mowi is set to report lower third quarter harvests and profits from its Scottish operations. In a trading update, the company said its Farming Scotland division had produced harvest volumes of 16,000 tonnes between July and September, compared with 19,500 tonnes over the same period last year. However, the Q3 output 12…
Read MoreMajor salmon genetics study launched
One of the most comprehensive studies of wild Atlantic salmon genetics has begun in Scotland to gauge the impact of any interbreeding between wild and farm-raised salmon. The study has been launched in response to a recent escape of farm-raised salmon and will be managed by the wild-fish conservation body Fisheries Management Scotland, supported by…
Read MoreLarge numbers of escaped fish \’appearing in Scottish rivers\’
Significant numbers of farmed fish are are appearing in Scottish rivers following a large scale escape from the Mowi Aquaculture North Carradale site during Storm Ellen last month, Fisheries Management Scotland has suggested. They are being reported in rivers across Loch Lomond, Ayrshire, Clyde and Argyll and could pose a genetic risk to wild salmon,…
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