Health specialist joins salmon group

MSD Animal Health has joined the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), a collective of salmon producers whose aim is to promote sustainability in the industry.

‘The global salmon business has a very bright future with strong demand and healthy growth,’ said Chris Beattie, head of aquaculture at Merck Animal Health, as MSD is known in the US and Canada.

‘We align very closely with GSI’s vision of providing a highly sustainable source of healthy protein to feed a growing global population, while minimising its environmental footprint.

‘With fish health and welfare central to the future success of salmon farming, we see a natural fit between MSD Animal Health and GSI.’

MSD Animal Health says it is committed to supporting global farmed salmon producers through a wide range of products and services for the environmentally and economically sustainable control of major aquaculture diseases around the world.