Posts Tagged ‘Storm Brendan’
Mowi Scotland names new management team
Mowi Scotland has named its new management team, following the appointment last month of Meritxell Diez-Padrisa as the company’s new production director. Diez-Padrisa, who was head of fish health, replaces Gideon Pringle, who is joining Scottish Sea Farms as director of farming. Mowi’s farms in Scotland will now be organised into three regions – South,…
Read MoreAngler’s claim ‘20 years out of date\’ says Mowi boss
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on to land.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…
Read MoreAngler’s claim ‘20 years out of date\’ says Mowi boss
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on to land.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…
Read MoreMowi 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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