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Mowi Scotland’s Head of Sales to step down
Mowi Scotland’s long-serving Head of Sales, Georgina Wright, is to leave the company after 27 years. She will be leaving Mowi at the end of March. Wright began her Mowi career with McConnell Salmon in 1994 which then became Marine Harvest, now Mowi, and she has worked for the company’s business units in both Scotland…
Read MoreExcellence award for SSC’s Native Hebridean Smoked Salmon
The Scottish Salmon Company’s Native Hebridean Smoked Salmon was named as the Best New Foodservice product in the 2022 Seafood Excellence Awards yesterday. The awards took place at Seafood Expo North America, held in Boston, Massachusetts. Also at the event, Canadian company DOM International Limited won the “Best New Retail” award for its product, DOM…
Read MoreScottish salmon exports leap in January
Scottish salmon exports in January almost doubled year on year, UK Government figures show. Exports in January 2022 were £37m, compared with just £19m in January of last year, and the total for the 12 months to January 2022 was £632m, up 49% on the same period for the previous year. Volumes for the 12…
Read MoreSalmon prices hit new heights
Salmon prices are continuing to rise at their fastest rate for more than two years, according to the latest report from Statistics Norway. Scotland and Iceland are also experiencing a spike in prices as demand outstrips availability. Some reports put the top level at almost NOK 100 (£8.24) per kilo for the very largest fish,…
Read MoreBakkafrost Q4 earnings below expectations, but Scotland improving
Bakkafrost today unveiled a well below par 2021 fourth quarter operational profit (EBIT) of 120m Danish kroner (£13.5m) as biological problems continued to affect its Scottish Salmon Company business. But the better news is that mortality rates in Scotland, which have dampened results over the past year, are returning to normal. Harvest volumes during the…
Read MoreSalMar posts higher Q4 profits, but Scotland disappoints
Salmon giant SalMar has announced a final quarter operating profit of NOK 890m (£74m) – more than double the 2020 Q4 figure of NOK 414m (£34.5m). There were excellent results from its northern and central Norway farms and from Arnarlax, its Iceland salmon farming offshoot. But the performance from Scottish Sea Farms (also known as…
Read MoreUK salmon sales up nearly 5%
Consumers in the UK are eating more salmon and more fresh, chilled fish in general despite a fall in fish consumption overall. The latest economic report from producers’ organisation Salmon Scotland finds that retail sales for Scottish salmon in the UK went up to £1.1bn last year. Sales of fresh, chilled salmon rise by 4.9%…
Read MoreCrown Estate Scotland chief set to retire
The Chief Executive of Crown Estate Scotland, the public body that manages land, seabed and coastline and other property assets, is to retire later this year. Simon Hodge has announced his intention to step down in August. He joined Crown Estate Scotland as Chief Executive in 2018, a year after the organisation was formed to…
Read MoreHebridean smoked salmon shortlisted for international award
The Scottish Salmon Company’s native Hebridean smoked salmon has been shortlisted for an international award. SSC’s product is among the final four contenders in the Best New Foodservice Product category in the Seafood Excellence Awards. The final judging will take place at the Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America show in Boston on Sunday…
Read MoreScottish salmon exports recover to near-record level
Exports of salmon from Scotland bounced back from Covid and Brexit to hit a near-record £614m in 2021. UK Government figures show that overseas sales of salmon were up 36% on 2020, and only marginally below the £618m recorded in 2019. Exports were shipped to 52 different markets last year, with growth across 10 of…
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