40 jobs in the offing as Loch Duart acquires Black Isle site

Salmon producer Loch Duart has purchased its own fish processing facility for the first time in its 21-year history in a move that will create 40 jobs.
By Scott Reid
Published 5th Jun 2020, 12:30 BST
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Wayne Davis, production controller, Loch Duart, inspecting a salmon. Loch Duart currently produces 6,000 tonnes of high quality salmon each year from its farms in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides.Wayne Davis, production controller, Loch Duart, inspecting a salmon. Loch Duart currently produces 6,000 tonnes of high quality salmon each year from its farms in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides.
Wayne Davis, production controller, Loch Duart, inspecting a salmon. Loch Duart currently produces 6,000 tonnes of high quality salmon each year from its farms in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides.

The Sutherland and Uists-based group has acquired the facility in Dingwall near to the Black Isle previously owned by the Edinburgh Salmon Company.

The facility was mothballed in 2018 and Loch Duart plans to refurbish it before reopening. The move will result in the creation of up to 40 jobs initially, the firm added.

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Mark Warrington, managing director of Loch Duart, said: “This is great news for Loch Duart and for our customers. It’s an investment in our future.

“Having our own processing facility will eventually allow us to be more flexible and responsive to our customers’ needs as we adapt to changing consumer behaviours in the new world that we all face.”

Loch Duart currently produces 6,000 tonnes of high quality salmon each year.

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