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Mowi defends salmon farming against latest BBC attack
SCOTLAND’S biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, has defended its farming practices ahead of a potentially damaging BBC broadcast next week. The Panorama programme, titled ‘Salmon Farming Exposed’, airs on Monday night and Mowi said in a statement issued today that it expects this to provide ‘an unbalanced and negative portrayal of our industry and company’. Mowi…
Read MoreOPINION: Success in the salmon farming zone
PARTICIPANTS at the recent Fisheries Management Scotland conference were given a copy of the latest annual review, which includes reports from all the main salmon and sea trout rivers. The report from the Tweed begins: ‘Salmon catches dropped for a fourth consecutive year with the spring catch half that of 2017.’ The total rod catch…
Read MoreScotland boosts strong Mowi Q1 performance
MOWI’S Scottish operations played a key role in the world’s largest salmon farming company announcing strong results for the first three months of this year, figures show today. The company reported a 2019 Q1 group operational EBIT of €196 million, considerably up from the 2018 figure of €158 million over the same period a year…
Read More£2bn value of Scottish salmon
SCOTLAND’S farmed salmon sector is worth nearly £2 billion to the country’s economy and it supports several thousand jobs, according to new figures released today. The industry’s turnover last year was £1,027 million, but every £100 made sustains £93 elsewhere through supply chains and high street spending from the wages paid to employees, according to…
Read MoreIceland looks to Scottish salmon success
ICELAND should look to the success of fish farming in Scotland and other neighbouring countries as a benchmark for the future development of its own aquaculture sector, fishing industry chiefs heard recently. Jens Garðar Helgason, chairman of the Icelandic Confederation of Fisheries Companies, which has included fish farming firms since January, told his organisation’s annual…
Read MoreWild salmon stocks at ‘crisis point’
WILD salmon catches in Scotland are at their lowest level since records began, according to Fisheries Management Scotland. The body, which represents fisheries boards, said figures due to be published later will show stocks of the fish are at their lowest levels since 1952 and at ‘crisis point’, the BBC reported this morning. Environment secretary…
Read MoreSalmon veteran to run Tasmania mill
FEED company BioMar has appointed farming veteran David Whyte to run its new plant in Tasmania, due to open in early 2020. Whyte, a marine biologist with 32 years’ experience in aquaculture, was chief operating officer at New Zealand King Salmon for a period last year. He has had leading roles at Marine Harvest Scotland…
Read MoreTaking stock of wild salmon
A NEW scheme aimed at boosting stocks of wild salmon is explained in a special Fish Farmer podcast by Jon Gibb, fishery manager of the River Lochy and director of the Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board. Working with Mowi, Scotland’s biggest salmon farmer, Gibb and his team have launched a new approach to restocking, thought…
Read MoreSalmon farmer’s fruitful investment
THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has invested £10 million in its freshwater operations, with the aim of increasing smolt production as it grows its business. Among freshwater projects announced today is the new facility in the Applecross estate in Wester Ross, Applecross Kishorn, due to be completed in 2020 and creating a ‘centre of excellence…
Read MoreSalmon farmers up for food awards
SALMON companies will be competing for several awards in the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2019, to be held in May. The Scottish Salmon Company, Scottish Sea Farms and Loch Fyne Oysters have all been shortlisted in the Export Business of the Year category. And the Scottish Salmon Company has also been named as…
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