Mowi Scotland
Knowledge exchange with Norway
Visit to Valøyan site to view harvest operations Last month, Mowi Scotland’s David Gray and Ronan Taylor from the Caol Mor farm on Skye visited farms at Valøyan, Tennøya, Mannbruholmen and Grøttingsøy in Norway to get operational training on the use of 160m and 200m pens. Norway has been using 160m pens since the early
On the road to zero
Paul Gordon from Gofor Finance Ltd hands over keys to Mowi’s Becky Bashir Mowi Scotland is on the road to zero with the addition of electric vehicles to the fleet and more set to follow in 2023. The move is a significant step in Mowi’s strategy to have a zero emission/hybrid fleet by 2025. The
Hervé Migaud joins Mowi Scotland as Fish Health, Welfare & Biology Director
Mowi Scotland is pleased to announce that Hervé Migaud is joining the company as Fish Health, Welfare & Biology Director. Hervé’s previous post was Professor and Head of the Production Research Group at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. He brings with him over 20 years of experience and applied expertise working in collaboration
New role created in production team
As we begin 2022, changes have been made to the production team to further develop our broodstock and post-smolt programmes at Mowi Scotland. Congratulations to Freshwater Manager John Richmond (pictured above), who has taken on a new role of Broodstock and Post-Smolt Development Manager, and Dan Philips (pictured below), formerly Cleanerfish Production Manager, who is
Significant investment in Kingairloch
The team at Kingairloch is enjoying new facilities, as well as equipment and infrastructure upgrades, following a six-figure investment at the site. A new shore base has been created at Kingairloch which includes new offices, toilets, shower, kitchen dining area, drying room and a laboratory, significantly improving facilities for the team of six at the
RSPCA teams enjoy visit to Mowi’s sites to update their knowledge and see latest innovations
We were pleased to recently host a ‘live’ visit of senior representatives from the RSPCA and RSPCA Assured scheme. While ‘virtual’ audits have been ongoing since the pandemic began, it is certainly nice to meet again face to face. The visitors toured our Inchmore hatchery and Loch Lochy freshwater sites followed by a tour around
