Posts Tagged ‘Mowi Scotland’
Mowi makes top team more ‘hands-on’
A SHAKE-UP in the group management team of Mowi, announced today, sees the company’s global farming operations split between three leaders. Per-Roar Gjerde will be the COO of Farming in the Americas (Canada and Chile) and the Faroes, and will will also lead Farming Norway until a permanent candidate has been found for the position.…
Read MoreMentors wanted for women’s network
A NEW mentoring programme for women in aquaculture is to be launched in Scotland in the New Year. The scheme aims to match some of the most influential leaders in the industry with aspiring women in the sector looking to develop their careers and skills. Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) is now looking for both…
Read MoreMowi staff buy discounted shares
EMPLOYEES of Mowi have been offered the chance to buy shares in the company at a discounted price. The deal applies to Norwegian, Scottish and Canadian permanent staff. The offer is based on the average purchasing price for the company\’s shares on December 10 of NOK 230.0521 per share. The Norwegian Tax Act provides Norwegian…
Read MoreMowi Scotland makes radio waves
SCOTLAND’S biggest salmon farmer has helped fund a live music studio for the west coast radio station Nevis Radio. The MOWI Live Lounge was launched this week, with local singer songwriter Keir Gibson the first act to play on air, the Oban Times reported. Representatives from Mowi Scotland, Liberty, Lochaber Chamber of Commerce, the Buzz…
Read MoreGideon 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…
Read MoreMowi opens feed mill to public
Mowi Scotland invited local people to visit its feed plant at Kyleakin on Skye over the weekend to provide an insight into how the mill operates. About 50 visitors attended the open day on Saturday, held at the Kyleakin Connections centre near the Mowi facility, with a minibus running tours to the factory. Claes Jonermark,…
Read MoreRising sea temperatures hit fish health
Mowi Scotland said several of its farms had been affected by warmer waters, which resulted in higher mortalities in the third quarter of this year. The company, which reported record Q3 harvest volumes earlier today, had to contend with harmful algal blooms related to the above average sea temperatures. Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog said at…
Read MoreSick fish pictures used to attack salmon industry
SCOTTISH salmon farmers\’ battle to keep photographs intended for the Fish Health Inspectorate out of the public eye has been revealed by the government. The pictures of diseased fish, from official fish health inspections, have been seized on by anti-salmon farm campaigners and the angling lobby as a means of attacking the industry. Campaign groups…
Read MoreMowi Scotland poised to deliver bumper Q3 harvest
MOWI Scotland has delivered a bumper harvest, more than doubling its output during the third quarter of this year, trading update figures show. However, the slump in prices this summer means that operating profits across the group worldwide are likely to be down. The Scottish harvest of 19,500 tonnes is more than double the 9,000…
Read MoreHighland cinema will tell salmon story
THE developers of the new Highland Cinema in Fort William said building work was on schedule for the venue’s opening in May next year. Local entrepreneur Angus MacDonald said the town centre cinema will transform Fort William and the surrounding area, filling a cultural vacuum for residents and tourists. Mowi Scotland, the biggest private sector…
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