Posts Tagged ‘Mowi Scotland’
ASC salmon review tailored to Scottish farms
SCOTTISH salmon farms which use smolts raised in freshwater lochs will now be able to apply for ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) certification following a major review. The move updates the salmon standard and freshwater trout standard, resolving inconsistencies between the two and allowing for salmon smolt production to be audited against the trout standard. Norwegian…
Read MoreMowi to relocate inshore sites in growth plan
Mowi Scotland will close two of its inshore sites in exchange for greater biomass at high energy locations. Loch Ewe and Loch Duich are two sites the company, Scotland’s biggest salmon farmer, has identified as suitable for relocation. The farms are situated in enclosed sea lochs, near sensitive wild salmonid habitats, said Mowi in a…
Read MoreExpanding Rosyth sets new records
THE Consumer Products team at Mowi Scotland’s Rosyth factory celebrated its best month ever in May, with a 43 per cent increase in volume compared to the same period last year. Rosyth produced 8,900 tonnes, compared to 6,225 tonnes in May 2018, according to the July issue of Mowi’s newsletter, The Scoop. The team went…
Read MoreFirst Kyleakin feed delivered to Mowi farms
THE first batches of feed made at Mowi Scotland’s new plant at Kyleakin on Skye have been delivered to the company’s salmon farms on the west coast and the Hebrides. Two ships from Norway, Eidholm and Mikal With, have been dispatching the feed – Neptune Summer 200, 600, 1200 and 2500. Neptune 50 Adapt is…
Read MoreWhy Scottish salmon farmers ‘inspire Britain’
SCOTLAND’S salmon farmers are included in the London Stock Exchange’s list of inspirational businesses. Mowi Scotland, one of 38 Scottish names included, features in the £100 to £150 million group of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’, now in its sixth edition. And Wester Ross Fisheries makes it into the £10 to £20 million category. Seafood…
Read MoreSalmon survival scheme ahead of schedule
A NEW wild salmon restoration trial pioneered by the River Lochy fishery and Mowi Scotland took a step forward yesterday – two months ahead of schedule. As part of the indigenous Lochy smolt to adult supplementation programme, the fish health team at Mowi visited the Drimsallie hatchery, near Glenfinnan, to test the seawater readiness of…
Read MoreAce pair put Prince in the picture at Palace
PRINCE Charles learnt about welfare improvements on fish farms when Dundee based business Ace Aquatec paid a visit to Buckingham Palace yesterday. The aquaculture technology company won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation, its second in two years, for developing a humane electric stunner. Ace’s head of sales and marketing, Mike Forbes, went to…
Read MoreFinding out fish farm facts on FaceTime
SCHOOLCHILDREN in England are being taught about salmon farming in Scotland thanks to an initiative called ‘FaceTime a Farmer’. Pupils at Washingborough Academy in Lincolnshire were paired with Mowi Scotland and taken on a virtual tour of the company’s Inchmore hatchery. Mowi’s Jayne MacKay, who hosted the call with the class of nine and ten-year-olds, said…
Read MoreSalmon farmer deploys \’whale\’ to scare seals
AN anti-predator device with a difference has been installed by Mowi Scotland to scare off seals at its farms in the Outer Hebrides. A life-size replica killer whale, made of fibreglass, is being deployed as a type of scarecrow, in the latest bid to keep salmon safe from predation attacks. The whale, launched last week,…
Read MoreSalmon farmer deploys \’whale\’ to scare seals
AN anti-predator device with a difference has been installed by Mowi Scotland to scare off seals at its farms in the Outer Hebrides. A life-size replica killer whale, made of fibreglass, is being deployed as a type of scarecrow, in the latest bid to keep salmon safe from predation attacks. The whale, launched last week,…
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