Expansion of Mowi’s Blar Mhor salmon processing facility in Fort William is in full swing. When complete, the upgrade, which includes the installation of state-of-the-art robotic technologies for handling and grading salmon, will enable the facility to process and pack 200 fish per minute, and increase plant capacity to >80,000 tonnes annually. Greg Riddle, from...
The finance team hit the road in September visiting sites and meeting colleagues across farming. Speaking about the visit, Patricia Duzinkewycz, Finance Manager, said: “As part of the salmon lifecycle tour, the finance team travelled from our base in Rosyth to Fort William, visiting the farm’s office to spend time with our colleagues in the...
Graeme Corner joined Mowi six months ago as Engineering, Systems and Automation Manager at our Fort William processing facility. Graeme’s professional life has been split between working in engineering and science roles. Although his current role has an engineering focus, he retained his Chartered Environmental Health Officer qualification. As a Chartered ‘EHO’ he developed a...
Mowi’s salmon farm at Loch Hourn has become the latest site to successfully transition to new larger pens with the installation of 7 x 160m pens, which have replaced 12 x 120m pens. While more commonplace in Norway, the larger pens are already being successfully used at several of Mowi’s farms in Scotland. There are...
Mowi Consumer Products UK (CPUK) is delighted to be supporting the Cash for Kids Sports Challenge as funding partner. Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity helping the children that need it most across the UK, and the Sports Challenge initiative, inspired by the Commonwealth Games, is designed to get more young people into sport....
The Great British Beach Clean takes place this month from the 16th to the 25th of September. Mowi will be out in force again this year with staff across our sites all over Scotland joining in to rid our beaches of litter and analyse that litter so the Marine Conservation Society can use the data...
Interactions between farm-raised salmon and wild salmonids are complex and difficult to quantify. However, through Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) Mowi supports meaningful and well-designed monitoring surveys which provide evidence on the health and status of wild salmonid populations. Stephen MacIntyre, Head of Environment, met with The Scoop to further explain: “The ability to determine where...
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