Posts Tagged ‘Mowi’
Mowi Chairman to step down
Ole-Eirik Lerøy, Mowi’s long-serving Chairman, has announced he is stepping down from the board of the salmon farming giant.
He has been an integral part of the business for more than 15 years. It was also announced yesterday that his successor will be shipping executive Ørjan Svanevik.
Read MoreMowi reports record harvest for Q3
Salmon giant Mowi produced an all-time high third quarter harvest of 161,000 tonnes with profitability in Scotland continuing to improve. The figure is 26,000 tonnes higher than a year ago. The main and most significant improvement was at Mowi’s Norwegian farms with the Scottish harvest between July and September unchanged at 15,000 tonnes.
Read MoreDNA modelling promises a breakthrough for seabed sampling
Seabed sampling to assess the impact of fish farms could be speeded up significantly through the use of environmental DNA technology, a research project has concluded.
The “MeioMetBar” study took the form of a six-year collaboration between regulators, researchers and fish farmers in Scotland and Germany.
Read MoreInnovation under the sea
Fish Farmer rounds up the latest news on subsea technology
Read MoreA brand new model
Mowi Scotland has been pioneering a new approach to sea lice modelling that suggests regulators may be over-cautious.
Read MoreMowi denies Blar Mhor was source of river spill
Salmon producer Mowi has denied that its Scottish processing plant was responsible for an apparent pollution incident in the River Lochy, near Fort William.
Read MoreMowi plans huge growth – along with major cost cuts
Presenting its Capital Markets Day in Trondelag , the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon has spelled out a strategy to cement its leading position in the industry in the coming years.
The Mowi group’s plan is to grow production volume by 100,000 tonnes as well as making cost “improvements” of €300m-€400m (£250m-£333m).
Read More“Come and join us” – Scottish aquaculture to urge local youngsters
The Scottish salmon industry will next week reach out to local youngsters urging them to consider a career in the sector.
Read MoreSalmon companies face nervous wait following ‘cartel’ hearing
Some of Norway’s largest salmon companies are in for an anxious time as they await the European Commission’s next move over alleged price-fixing. A three-day hearing in Brussels with the EU’s competition authorities came to a close yesterday.
Read MoreRecruitment and diversity
This month our Careers feature focuses on the Aqua Agenda webinar, which addressed recruitment and diversity in aquaculture.
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