Loch Duart Scottish Salmon Sutherland Scotland

The people at Loch Duart operate a very different salmon company. The difference begins with their approach to rearing salmon and ends with a product consistently judged superior in taste, quality, freshness, and overall appearance. In the cold, clear waters of Northern Scotland, Loch Duart is using artisan, environmentally responsible techniques to produce lean, fit fish – salmon as salmon should be.QualityIn 2004, when Scottish fish farms were struggling to survive, Nick Joy and Andy Bing came together and found a way to concentrate local expansion under a new vision, Loch Duart. ‘Best practice’ is the principle applied to Loch Duart salmon at every stage of rearing, harvesting and supply. The ultimate objective is the delivery of an outstanding salmon to the consumer. A major feature of Loch Duart salmon is the strong similarity in appearance and structure to wild Atlantic salmon. The fish are slim and torpedo-shaped with fully developed fins and large powerful tails.

• Served at top restaurants all over the world.

• Winner of the Gold Award for Best Food at the“Taste of Britain Awards.”

• Label Rouge certified - celebrating its authentictaste profile. Label Rouge is a prestigious Frenchcertification usually reserved for products fromFrance.

Innovation• Loch Duart operates its own hatchery. Possibly the

only owners of true Scottish brood stock in thefarming world (other Scottish farms source their eggsfrom Norway and Iceland), Loch Duart is buildingtowards 100% supply of these rare salmon.

• Loch Duart is, anecdotally, regarded as “the mostcompliant salmon farm in Scotland”. In 2016 LochDuart was leading the way in sea lice control with asuite of non-medicinal controls including breeding itsown lumpfish as ‘cleaner fish’ .

Environmental Stewardship• Loch Duart follows a strict fallowing practice. During

any three year period each site is fallowed for a yearor longer and, in some cases, fallows have beenextended to eighteen months

• Loch Duart uses no chemical anti-foulingtreatments on nets or moorings -- a commonpractice in industrial operations -- they instead cleanthe nets by drying them in the wind and sun.

• The fishmeal and fish oil in the diet of Loch Duartsalmon are sourced only from well-managed foragefisheries that are certified to standards set by theInternational Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization forResponsible Supply

Animal Welfare• The salmon have plenty of room to grow: 98.5%water

to 1.5% fish. This is roughly 30%-50% lower thanindustrial farms.

• Loch Duart developed their stewardship protocols indirect collaboration with the Royal Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

• Loch Duart salmon are reared without hormones,antibiotics, growth promoters or GMOs.

Served at the

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Sutherland Scotland

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E U SE D SALM ON FROM L OCH D U ART E XCLU SIV E LY AN D H AV E AL WAY S B E E N

H AP P Y WITH TH E IR CON SISTE N T

Q U ALITY AN D FRE SH N E SS.”— C ORE Y L E E , C H E F D E C U I SIN E , T H E F RE N CH L AU N D RY ”

“I LIK E TO U SE Q U ALITY SCOTTI SH SALM ON FE D ON A S N ATU RAL A D IE T

A S P O SSIB LE . I G E T TH I S FROM L OCH

D U ART .” — G ORD ON R AM SAY

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