Eilidh Marshall
Green light for transformation of Blar Mhor into a state-of-the-art facility
Planning permission has been granted by The Highland Council for the upgrade of our processing facility at Blar Mhor in Fort William which will transform it into one of the most efficient and highest capacity fish processing facilities in the world. With contracts signed with Marel for infeed to gutting lines, graders and packing lines
Broodstock grading at Inchmore
A team effort between staff at the Inchmore hatchery, members of the team from Inverpolly and Loch Ness, support from a colleague in Norway and experts from the Highland Aqua Team has resulted in the successful grading of potential broodstock candidates into males and females. Following some ingenious remodification of old vaccination tables in the
Increase of healthy young salmon in River Lochy
For well over a decade we have had a strong partnership with the Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board and the River Lochy Association, which resulted in a pioneering collaboration designed to enhance and protect the local wild salmon populations in the rivers of Lochaber and beyond. This summer, surveys examining the density of juvenile salmon
MOWI salmon: Coming to a screen near you!
National TV advertising, partnership with Kimberley Wilson and innovative new packaging – the consumer marketing campaign for the MOWI brand range is ramping up. Today sees the launch of our branded national TV advertising campaign. With spots across many satellite channels as well as ITV and Channel 4, it is anticipated that over 65% of
First farmed wrasse from Anglesey Hatchery introduced to our farms
A significant milestone was reached in August when ballan wrasse, reared by our colleagues at our Anglesey Hatchery in Wales were successfully delivered to our seawater farms. Around 40,000 wrasse have so far been introduced to pens at Loch Duich, Invasion Bay, Camus Glas and Loch Leven with more to follow. Speaking about the development,
Fancy some fresh salmon tonight?
This is no problem now that the MOWI salmon range is available to order via Amazon Fresh to an ever-increasing range of postcodes. Jo Nola, Marketing Manager, explains the move: “Consumer trends are changing all the time and, as seen with the growth of Deliveroo, impulsive shoppers who decide that day what they want for
Best ever cycle at Linnhe farms
Staff from our Linnhe division of farms had cause for celebration in July when its farms, Gorsten, Leven and Kingairloch, reported their best ever cycle. Salmon raised in these four farms had an average harvest live weight of 6.25kg and were given a superior grading of 96%. With an average cycle length of 462 days
