Mowi Scotland is honoured to be granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment for the supply of fresh salmon to His Majesty The King. Mowi Scotland has held the Royal Warrant since 1990. When Queen Elizabeth II passed away in 2022, the 620 Royal Warrants she had granted became void and a two-year grace period was...
2024 was the biggest year of freshwater production for Mowi Scotland ever. A total of 22.5 million smolts were put to sea at Mowi farms, Wester Ross and some third-party farms. This is a huge logistical challenge with 38 million fish transported by road and 11 million fish delivered to sea from the end of...
Mowi was pleased to host members of Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee to our farm at Loch Erisort as part of a fact-finding visit to the Western Isles in December. Mowi currently employs 163 people within the Western Isles and Skye area. Nine MPs joined the trip and met with local workers including Regional Manager, Don...
The construction of Mowi Scotland’s permanent broodstock operation at Ardessie is well underway and should be fully operational in 2025. 50 million eyed eggs, enough to supply all Mowi farms in Scotland, as well as some excess that could be sold commercially, will be produced at Ardessie. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to allow photoperiod...
For the first time in Mowi history, a father and son have taken up the same role as farm managers. Iain Fraser is farm manager at Laga Bay and his son Jack has recently been appointed farm manager at Kingairloch. Lochaber locals, the pair have worked their way up having both started with Mowi straight...
A three-year post-closure environmental study has been conducted around Mowi’s former Isle of Ewe fish farm on the north west coast of Scotland. Through the operational life of fish farms, environmental effects are limited and managed by a robust regulatory framework underpinned by environmental standards that ensure the protection of the seabed and biodiversity. There...
The Mowi team was pleased to attend Lochaber’s first Aquaculture Day on 2nd October. Taking place at Lochaber High School, the event was organised by Salmon Scotland, Developing the Young Workforce West Highland and Mowi Scotland. Salmon farmers and industry suppliers were among those showcasing careers in their companies to hundreds of pupils from Lochaber...
The first 50 of 112,000 trees have been planted as part of a new native woodland being established at Maol Ban on the Isle of Skye by Mowi Scotland. Over 2024-2025, 112,000 native broadleaved trees will be planted across 102 hectares of land near to Mowi Scotland’s Caol Mor seawater farm on the north side...
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