aquaculture Archives - MOWI - Scotland

North Kilbrannan salmon farm approval becomes major boost for Mowi and its community-led harbour rejuvenation project

Mowi Scotland received unanimous council approval on November 28, 2023, for its salmon farm proposal in Kintyre’s Kilbrannan Sound which will create 10 permanent jobs and lead to substantial investment to reinvigorate the local community harbour in Carradale. Designed to have minimal visual impact on the environment, the new farm – North Kilbrannan – will

Mowi produces first eggs from Scottish broodstock in 20 years

With approvals received for Mowi Scotland’s broodstock and egg facility at Ardessie, the first eggs have now been collected from specially selected Mowi broodstock.   For the past several years, Mowi Scotland has been reliant on external egg supply since the export ban of ova from Norway restricted the supply of high-quality eggs available to

Community engagements for Loch Etive taking place this month

As previously reported, Mowi has launched a community engagement process to explore the potential for its farms at Loch Etive to grow post-smolt salmon. The farms at Loch Etive are part of Dawnfresh Farming’s operations acquired by Mowi Scotland earlier this year. Two events have been organised to provide an opportunity for members of the

Mowi’s 2022 Annual Report Online Now

March 23, 2023 Mowi is pleased to publish its 2022 annual report, downloadable online at https://mowi.com/investors/reports/. Mowi is the world’s largest Atlantic salmon farmer with 20% of the global market share and is ranked as number one on both market capitalisation and sustainability. In 2022, 11,500 Mowi professionals produced of 464,000 tonnes for 70+ markets

Sharing knowledge across the Atlantic

Samantha Hartley, Luke Canavan and Brad Cooke leaving Halifax Airport (Canada) for Scotland Mowi employees from eastern Canada, Scotland and Norway are creating important links between the regions, with knowledge sharing occurring within several areas of the value chain. Mowi employees from Finance, Freshwater and Seawater Production, Operations, Feed and Support Services have had, over

Gathering for fish health

Fish Health Observer training at Mowi’s land-based recirculating aquaculture system Mowi’s fish health team has recently been bolstered by the recruitment of fish health observers (FHO) throughout all farming locations that oversee fish health and welfare; that includes cleaner fish deployment, welfare monitoring, biosecurity, vaccine auditing and many other important activities along the production cycle.

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