Mowi Scotland has announced the appointment of Hervé Migaud as Fish Health, Welfare & Biology Director.
Migaud’s previous post was Professor and Head of the Production Research Group at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. He brings with him over 20 years of experience and applied expertise working in collaboration with world-leading industry partners on fish breeding, physiology, farming systems and technology, husbandry manipulations (environmental, dietary, genetic, systems), health, stress and welfare and domestication of new species.
In the last decade, Migaud has co-authored 157 peer-reviewed publications to date, many relevant to the Atlantic salmon sector, with focus on breeding and genetics, health, welfare and nutrition.
Reporting to Ben Hadfield, COO Farming Scotland, Ireland & The Faroes, Migaud will lead the company’s fish health and biology team in Scotland that helps care for its Atlantic salmon, ballan wrasse and lumpfish, and will sit as a member of Mowi Scotland’s Senior Management Team.
Ben Hadfield is pleased to welcome Hervé to Mowi Scotland, saying, “Hervé brings a very strong academic background and applied research to our company. We expect his years of knowledge and teams management will lead to continued improvements to our salmon’s biological results.”
Speaking about joining Mowi Scotland, Migaud says: “Over the last 20 years, I’ve had many collaborations with Mowi on research projects from eggs to harvest, addressing key aspects of the production cycle and witnessed directly the technological breakthroughs made during this period. This has been very impressive, and I am looking forward to contributing to the future success of the largest salmon company in the world.”
