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Why 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 surge sends UK exports soaring
FARMED salmon continues to play a vital role in the UK’s exporting success, as total exports for Scottish food and drink reached a record £1.4 billion in value for the first quarter of the year. The latest figures show that exports grew by 14 per cent over the past year, driven by a surge in…
Read MoreSalmon boss named ‘transformational leader’
SCOTTISH Salmon Company boss Craig Anderson was named a Transformational Leader at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Scotland, held last week. The awards programme recognises successful entrepreneurs making a positive impact on their society and the economy. Anderson, whose award was one of eight presented at the ceremony at the V&A Museum in…
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 MoreNew SEPA rules pave way for bigger salmon farms
NEW regulations introduced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) will allow larger fish farms to operate in Scottish waters if they are sited in sustainable locations. The new rules, first outlined last November and subjected to a Scotland wide consultation, will also see the introduction of more accurate computer modelling to better assess any…
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,…
Read MoreNew Orkney farm to bring £3.2m boost for Scotland
SCOTTISH Sea Farms has won approval for a new salmon farm in Orkney which, it says, will bring a £3.2 million boost to the Scottish supply chain. The site, off the small island of Hunda within Scapa Flow, has been years in the planning. With consent to grow up to 1,677 tonnes of salmon, the…
Read MoreSalmon farmer wins ‘excellence’ award for export
SCOTTISH Sea Farms won the coveted Export Business of the Year award in the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Awards, held last night in Edinburgh. The company beat off stiff competition from fellow industry finalists, the Scottish Salmon Company and Loch Fyne Oysters, as well as from ice cream maker Mackie’s of Scotland. Scottish Sea…
Read MoreSalmon farms are the victim of wild claims and myths
PANORAMA used to be the ‘window on the world’, where Richard Dimbleby, the father of current affairs television, established the standards of BBC excellence. What would he have made of Monday night’s ‘expose’ on salmon farming in Scotland, a programme that came up with a title and then set out to prove its premise without…
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