Fisheries Trust sea lice auditing set to bring even greater transparency for Loch Duart salmon farms

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Scottish salmon farm Loch Duart has just agreed a programme with the West Sutherland Fisheries Trust (WSFT) for the monitoring and auditing of its weekly sea lice count activities and the resulting data. Loch Duart enjoys farming some of the oldest salmon sites in Scotland from their base in Sutherland, North West Scotland. Badcall Bay, home to their head office, …

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Loch Duart introduces first packs of its Label Rouge quality salmon

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Loch Duart sets the bar high with farming standards – every one of its salmon is raised to the exacting French government-controlled Label Rouge standards.  It is now able to offer its customers Label Rouge fillets in addition to the whole gutted salmon that it has been delighting its French (and German and Spanish) customers with, for over twenty years. …

MSPs praise new Scottish processing facility for Loch Duart salmon in Dingwall

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New Scottish processing facility for Loch Duart salmon Dingwall site ‘closes the circle’ giving, for the first time, total control from egg to plate Loch Duart’s Dingwall fish processing plant is now fully staffed and ready to ‘close the circle’ for the north west based Scottish farming company. With 60 new jobs created at the Dingwall factory, which was acquired …

Loch Duart named a London Stock Exchange Company to Inspire Britain

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Scottish Salmon farm highlighted in celebration of UK’s most dynamic businesses  It has just been announced that independent Scottish salmon farm, Loch Duart has been named one of London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. Now in its seventh edition, the report highlighted Loch Duart as one of the 58 Scottish small and medium-sized businesses that are …

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Loch Duart helps Uist angling clubs buy new accessible Wheelyboat

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Funding of boat for disabled people will support North and South Uist clubs Loch Duart, has donated over £7,300 through its Salmon Pool fund, to the North Uist and South Uist Angling Clubs to help purchase a brand-new, accessible boat. National charity, The Wheelyboat Trust, in partnership with the Angling Trust, will supply the new boat, giving disabled anglers and …

Loch Duart boosts wireless broadband for Sutherland community

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The Salmon Pool Fund will fill the fibre gap in Scourie The connectivity of the communities in and around the Sutherland village of Scourie is to be transformed by the installation of free wireless broadband for all local residents. Loch Duart, the independent Scottish salmon farm, which is based in the village, has awarded £14,400 from a local community fund …

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Loch Duart invests in fish processing facility

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Loch Duart has purchased its own fish processing facility for the first time in the company’s 21-year history.  The future aim is to provide the company with greater flexibility and control than ever before. Loch Duart has acquired the fish processing facility in Dingwall on the Black Isle previously owned by The Edinburgh Salmon Company. The facility was mothballed in …

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Chefs of the future join Loch Duart at Seafood Expo 2020

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Hertfordshire students win places to work with salmon farm at Brussels event Two teenage students have just won the opportunity of a lifetime to visit Brussels, Seafood Expo and prepare their winning salmon dishes for Loch Duart. Jaypee Escaro, 18 from Stevenage and Michael Brown, 18 from Letchworth Garden City, are both Level 3 students studying the advanced diploma in …

Loch Duart to Extend Protection of its Salmon into North America

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Forensic analysis will help verify traceability of fish for North American supply chain.   Loch Duart is making significant further investment to ensure the traceability of our world-renowned salmon as we take the food fraud fight to North America.   We have been working in the UK with forensic food analysis experts, Oritain, for two years, deploying their pioneering ability …

Loch Duart Shortlisted for the Best Rural Food & Drink Business in UK Award

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We have been shortlisted for the Rural Business Awards North in the Best Rural Food & Drink Business category. Celebrating our 20th year as an independent Scottish salmon farming business we have recently launched ‘Salmon Pool’ a partnership with our fish feed supplier, Cargill Aqua Nutrition. The fund is available to charities and projects providing support to the local community. …