Sustainability indicators

We’re proud to farm to RSPCA welfare standards; standards that set out best practice in the rearing and care of farmed salmon: from freshwater and marine, to harvest and processing.

By pursuing a fish health approach of prevention over cure, our average end of crop survival for the last full farming year (2021) was 90%.

91% of all fish harvested in 2021 were graded superior quality, giving a strong indication of the high health and welfare status of our fish.

Our strict veterinary protocols have helped ensure the continued absence of medicinal residues with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate surveillance programme detecting no residues in our salmon destined for market.

We haven't administered antibiotics at seawater stage since 2012 and have steadily reduced usage at freshwater stage, resulting in zero antibiotic use on all salmon sold in 2020 and 2021.

Since 2013, we've invested £10.3M+ in collaborative and in-house research worth over £19.4M to help increase understanding of key fish health issues including gill disorders, sea lice and Saprolegnia.