Cleaner fish – what do they do?

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Cleaner fish (or companion fish) are now commonly used in salmon farming around the world (See image of wrasse in our salmon pens – they are curious fish and are coming up to the Go-Pro for a look)!  The principle behind it is that the cleaner fish eat any parasites such as sea lice which may settle on farmed salmon. …

Loch Duart salmon wins Foodservice Product of the Year at Scottish Food ‘Oscars’

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Loch Duart, the salmon farming business based in North West Scotland, has received the ‘Foodservice Product of the Year’ award at the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards. Loch Duart was presented to Simon Maguire, Finance Director, the award at the ceremony held last night (18th May) in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The awards celebrate and recognise those businesses …

Loch Duart named Food and Drink Company of the Year

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  Loch Duart, the salmon farming business based in North West Scotland, has won the Food and Drink Company of the Year at Scottish Business Insider’s Made in Scotland Awards. Announced at a ceremony last night (19th April) at the Glasgow Science Centre, Loch Duart was chosen for its innovative approaches which includes low density farming and a suite of …

Three great reasons why Loch Duart salmon should be on your menu

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At Loch Duart, in the far north west of Scotland, we’re very proud of what we do. We work hard to produce the very best fish and we want to share with you three great reasons why Loch Duart salmon should be on your menu. The Taste Taste is everything! At Loch Duart we focus on farming the very best …

Support for our local communities

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Loch Duart has been part of Scourie and Sutherland for nearly 20 years now, and we like to think we’ve become a familiar and welcome part of this close-knit community. Of course we couldn’t have become the established, sustainable salmon business we’re now recognised as without the support and close involvement of this wonderful local community. So, we asked ourselves: …