How grown
As with home-grown Scotch Beef and Lamb, our Scottish farmed salmon are hatched, reared and fed in Scotland.
Fish welfare
RSPCA Assured
100%
farms operating to RSPCA standards
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.
Fish welfare
Fish survival
82%
average annual fish survival
Our average end of crop survival for the last full farming year (2023) was 82%. This compares with less than 5% survival in the wild and brings our five-year average fish survival to 87%.
Fish welfare
Fish quality
89%
superior grade
89% of all fish harvested in 2023 were graded superior quality, giving a strong indication of the high health and welfare status of our fish.
Fish welfare
Responsible medicine use
0%
medicinal residue in our harvested 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.
Fish welfare
Sea lice management
0.5
average female sea lice
In 2023, we achieved an average sea lice level of 0.5 adult females (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) per fish across all counts undertaken at all stocked farms throughout the farming year.
Fish welfare
Increasing knowledge
£5.9M+
investment in applied research
Since 2013, we've invested £5.9M+ in collaborative and in-house research projects worth over £17.7M to help increase understanding of key fish health issues including gill disorders, sea lice and freshwater challenges.
