Posts Tagged ‘Wester Ross Fisheries’
Good VIBES for eco conscious salmon farmers
TWO Scottish salmon farmers have been recognised in this year’s VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards, which are given to organisations that contribute to sustainable development. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) won the Partnership Scotland Award, along with its collaborators in the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project. Together with Pure Energy Centre (PEC), Community…
Read MoreSSPO seeks new chair in ‘period of change’
THE Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation is recruiting for a new chairman to ‘help drive the SSPO agenda forward and to bring rigour and focus to the board’. The successful candidate will replace Gilpin Bradley, managing director of Wester Ross Fisheries, who stepped into the post two and a half years ago. The organisation, which currently…
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 cake for birthday bear Hamish
THE first polar bear to be born in the UK in 25 years celebrated his first birthday yesterday with locally farmed fresh salmon. Hamish, who shares an enclosure with his mother, Victoria, at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland\’s Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore, was given a special salmon cake, supplied by Wester…
Read MoreSalmon blessed for Muslim market
WESTER Ross Fisheries has teamed up with a member of the Shia community to cater for Muslim customers, the BBC reported. Hatim Ameen flies up from Manchester to Loch Canaird near Ullapool to bless each fish to make it halal just before it is slaughtered. At the site, salmon are pumped from sea pens on…
Read MoreCareers fair lines up industry leaders
MARINE Harvest Scotland managing director Ben Hadfield will give the keynote address at this year’s aquaculture careers day at the University of Stirling. The event, organised by the Aquaculture Students\’ Association, is now in its fourth year and has broadened out to include aquaculture students from across the country. The annual jobs showcase will also…
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