Angler’s claim ‘20 years out of date\’ says Mowi boss

Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on to land. Mowi revealed yesterday that it lost 73,600 salmon, with an average weight of 1.9kg, at its high energy site at Colonsay, in the…

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Mowi loses 73,600 fish at exposed site

Mowi Scotland lost 73,600 salmon after storm Brendan damaged a net pen at the company’s Colonsay site. The company, which revealed the loss on its website and has reported it to the regulator, said the fish were an average weight of 1.9kg. A post-storm inspection showed structural failure of the pen, causing a tear in…

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Mowi makes top vet new production director

Mowi Scotland has appointed its head of fish health, Meritxell Diez-Padrisa, as the company’s new production director, replacing Gideon Pringle. The vet takes up her new role in February and will report directly to Ben Hadfield, chief operating officer of Mowi Scotland and Ireland. Pringle is leaving to join Scottish Sea Farms as director of…

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Higher Q4 harvest, but lower EBIT at Mowi Scotland

MOWI is forecasting a 2,000-tonne harvest increase from its Scottish operations for the final quarter of 2019. The world’s largest salmon farming company says Scotland will have produced 14,000 tonnes over the period compared to earlier predictions of 10,600 tonnes, and 12,000 tonnes in Q4 2018. However, operating profits from Scotland are lower than 2018, with an…

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Comment: Leave our farms alone

It’s time for government to protect workers’ rights from protesters, argues Mowi Scotland\’s director of communications. AS activists continue to sidestep the democratic process in favour of interrupting work spaces, governments must step up to protect the health and safety of employees working within the laws of the country. A recent court decision in Scotland…

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Read about feed in January\’s Fish Farmer

THIS month’s Fish Farmer marks the New Year – and new decade – with a special focus on the aqua feed sector, as it adapts to meet the demands of an ever changing industry. We hear from Ben Hadfield, the boss of Mowi Scotland, and now Ireland, too, on the progress being made at the…

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Read about feed in January\’s Fish Farmer

THIS month’s Fish Farmer marks the New Year – and new decade – with a special focus on the aqua feed sector, as it adapts to meet the demands of an ever changing industry. We hear from Ben Hadfield, the boss of Mowi Scotland, and now Ireland, too, on the progress being made at the…

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Ocean Matters hits two million lumpfish milestone

Mowi owned cleaner fish producer Ocean Matters harvested 2,000,000 lumpfish in 2019, a new milestone for the company and a UK record. The Anglesey based firm, acquired by Mowi last year, was set up in 2015 on the site of an old turbot farm and harvested its first lumpfish in 2016. In 2017, Mowi bought…

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Mowi Scotland in new ASC drive for all farms

Mowi Scotland plans to achieve ASC certification at all its freshwater loch sites this year, along with additional seawater sites, the company announced today. Until the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) revised its salmon standard last year, many farms in Scotland could not comply because the ASC did not allow the production of salmon smolts in…

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Hadfield happy with new role after ‘fantastic’ feed journey

THE new management structure at Mowi, announced last week, will be a very good thing for Scotland, said Scottish boss Ben Hadfield. He has been appointed chief operating officer of farming in Scotland and Ireland, handing over his previous duties in the group as COO Feed to Atle Kvist, formerly managing director of Mowi Feed.…

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