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Salmon Scotland’s Tavish Scott joins Mowi as apprentice for a day

Mowi Scotland recently welcomed trade body Salmon Scotland’s chief executive, Tavish Scott, as a new apprentice, just for the day. As part of Scotland Food & Drink’s ‘Apprentice for a day’ series for Feeding Workforce Skills, Tavish partnered with Mowi to experience a day as an apprentice at the Croabh Haven salmon farm near Oban,

The Mowi Salmon Wagon hits the road again this month!

We are delighted to reveal the 10 fantastic events that the Mowi Salmon Wagon will be attending this year. Complete with a fully stocked fridge and an eager team ready to serve up delicious Scottish salmon dishes, the Mowi Salmon Wagon helps communities and charities raise money for worthwhile causes. Speaking about the programme for

Communications Director to leave Mowi

Mowi and its Director of Communications (Scotland, Ireland and Canada) have reached mutual agreement to end the position effective August 1, 2024. Ian Roberts has been with Mowi since 1993, with positions held in salmon production and communications spanning his 31-year career. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the various career opportunities that the company has entrusted to

New fish vaccines developed at Mowi

Building on the success of previous collaborations between Ridgeway Biologicals Ltd and Mowi Scotland that have delivered effective vaccinations to protect fish health, the partnership has now developed a new vaccine strategy to safeguard salmon against the bacteria Yersinia ruckeri. Bacterial infection by the pathogen can lead to a disease known as enteric red mouth

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

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