The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
First organic salmon harvested from Loch Ewe
Following certification from the Soil Association, fish farming giant Mowi has harvested its first organic salmon in Scotland from Loch Ewe, in the Highlands.
The fish, which is also certified to EU organic standards and approved by Agriculture Biologique in
France, will be sold under newly created brand, the Scottish Organic Salmon Company.
The company has been producing organic salmon in Ireland for 20 years.
To achieve organic certification, every step of the process of farming salmon must conform to robust criteria that is inspected annually, including feed milling, farming and processing.
The organic feed is produced at Mowi’s feed mill at Kyleakin on Skye.
It is regulated by EU legislation and meets the criteria for both the Soil Association and Naturland in Germany.
Pat Connors, sales and processing director in Ireland, said: “From our 20 years of experience of producing and selling organic salmon, we know that retailers are reluctant to push it to the same extent as conventional salmon because there just isn’t the same guaranteed continuity of supply.
“Mowi has been confident of supplying organic salmon for nine months of the year, now with the additional Scottish organic volumes, we are confident that we can have continuity of supply 52 weeks of the year.”