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I am excited about taking up this important role in the newly-created aquaculture unit within Hendrix Genetics as we seek to develop existing operations and explore opportunities in new species and new market areas.
Neil Manchester
We are delighted this major and exciting deal has now been concluded and we can now begin the integration process to bring together three world-leading companies with the goal of becoming one of the main global players in salmon and trout.
Neil Manchester, Managing Director of Landcatch
This is a very exciting investment which will see Troutlodge and us make a further significant impact in world aquaculture
Neil Manchester, Managing Director of Landcatch
We are excited to bring this advance in technology to market and to take a step forward in reducing the impact of sea lice on welfare and performance of salmon.
Dr Alan Tinch, director of genetics at Landcatch
The way we do business is important and this survey will help Landcatch and Hendrix Genetics to understand more about what our clients really want.
Neil Manchester, Landcatch managing director
This development takes selective breeding programmes to a whole new level. It is an extension to the selective breeding of salmon, allowing more accurate identification of the best fish to create healthier and more robust offspring.
Dr Alan Tinch, director of genetics at Landcatch
“Being shortlisted for this prestigious honour is exciting and is a tribute to the continuing hard work and dedication shown by the teams at Landcatch and Roslin who are constantly pushing scientific boundaries to find natural improvements to salmon breeding programmes.”
Dr Alan Tinch, director of genetics at Landcatch,
We’re delighted to have won this recognition. It’s the only standard recognised across Europe in this field, and we’ve worked hard to win it.
Keith Drynan, head of brood stock production for Landcatch
“This is a significant milestone for Landcatch and the aquaculture industry. This is available now, and the fact that we’ve achieved this breakthrough a year ahead of schedule is to be welcomed.
Neil Manchester, Managing Director of Landcatch,
“We are the first salmon breeding company to be doing this. We have done a lot of background work to get to this point and now it’s time to start the real evaluation on Scottish salmon. It’s a new chapter in a very exciting story.”
Dr Alan Tinch, director of genetics at Landcatch
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NEIL GOES DUTCH FOR INTERNATIONAL AQUACULTURE ROLE

News releaseLandcatch, a Hendrix Genetics company • Boss of Scots fish breeding firm takes over international aquaculture unit• Neil Manchester to oversee operations in UK, US, Chile and Isle of Man• Change in hierarchy follows landmark agreementThe head of a pioneering Scottish fish breeding firm is to lead a major international company’s aquaculture operations in four locations around the world. Neil Manchester, General Manager of Landcatch, based in Argyll and Stirling, has been appointed as Managing Director of the newly-formed aquaculture business unit of Hendrix Genetics,

NEW GLOBAL MULTI-SPECIES AQUACULTURE COMPANY FORMED

PRESS RELEASE Boxmeer, NL-EU; Ormsary, UK; & Tacoma, WA, USA Date: October 2014 · Leading UK and US aquaculture companies complete landmark agreement · Landcatch, Troutlodge and Hendrix Genetics start integration process · Move will create new Chile venture, jobs and worldwide aquaculture advancesPioneering Scottish company Landcatch, which supplies Atlantic salmon eggs and smolts, as well as cutting-edge genetic services to the international aquaculture industry, has signed an agreement to become a 45 per cent shareholder in Seattle-based Troutlodge Inc, the world’s

AQUACULTURE COLLABORATION SEES NEW GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

PRESS RELEASE Boxmeer, NL-EU, Ormsary, UK, & Tacoma, WA, USA Date: 28 August 2014 · Leading UK and US aquaculture companies join forces · Landcatch, Troutlodge and Hendrix Genetics at heart of global plans · Move will create new Chile venture, jobs and worldwide aquaculture advancesTwo world leading aquaculture companies have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to significantly extend their global share of the Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout markets. Pioneering Scottish company Landcatch, which supplies Atlantic salmon eggs and smolts, as well as

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED IN BATTLE AGAINST SEA LICE

News ReleaseLandcatch • Leading aquaculture company announces sea lice advance • Landcatch and partners take significant step in fight against infestation • Improved resistance eggs available this yearSalmon eggs with improved resistance to sea lice will be made available for sale later this year by leading aquaculture firm Landcatch in a major advance for the industry. Landcatch and its scientific partners have applied a technique known as genomic selection - a method of screening the DNA of individual fish - to identify those that are most resistant to sea lice infection,

FISHING FOR FEEDBACK FROM CONFERENCE DELEGATES

News releaseLandcatch · Landcatch team plans to survey delegates at Aquaculture UK · Unique approach to delivering international business · Responses will influence future customer serviceVisitors to the Landcatch stand at the prestigious Aquaculture UK event in Aviemore this month could help influence how the company develops future customer service. The Landcatch team – managing director Neil Manchester; genetics director Alan Tinch; head of freshwater production David Danson; head of broodstock production Keith Drynan; genotyping manager José Mota Velasco; and office

GENETIC ADVANCE BRINGS NATURAL SHORTCUT TO SALMON BREEDING

News releaseLandcatch · Ground-breaking achievement in quest for robust salmon · Milestone for aquaculture geneticists · Development will revolutionise salmon breedingPioneering scientific work involving a Scottish aquaculture company has made a significant breakthrough that is set to revolutionise efforts to develop robust, disease resistant, farmed salmon. The milestone achievement will dramatically increase the accuracy of identifying Atlantic salmon for selective breeding, creating a natural shortcut in producing future generations more resistant to disease. Salmon

LANDCATCH AND ROSLIN INSTITUTE UP FOR LIFE SCIENCE AWARD

News releaseLandcatchScottish aquaculture company Landcatch is in the running for a prestigious scientific award. The company, based at Ormsary in Argyll, has been nominated with Edinburgh University’s Roslin Institute in the commercial collaboration section of the Scottish Enterprise Annual Life Sciences Awards. The awards will be announced at a gala dinner to be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Thursday, 6 February and will be attended by nearly 800 guests across the sector. Landcatch and the Roslin Institute have been jointly nominated for work they

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LANDCATCH JOINS EUROPEAN ELITE

A Scotland-based aquaculture company has joined the European elite, winning the EFABAR certificate for best practice in animal breeding and husbandry.Landcatch, which is part of the global Hendrix Genetics multi-species food production organisation, supplies genetic services and Atlantic salmon eggs and smolts to the aquaculture industry. It uses selective breeding to develop strains of salmon which can perform to ever higher levels at every stage of production from eggs to adult fish.Landcatch joins elite breeders across Europe who have won the prestigious certificate, which is awarded

MEDIA STATEMENT

Landcatch were advised on 27th November by the Board of Australis that they have entered into a due diligence phase with a third party for the purchase of the Australis Landcatch SA egg production operations in Chile.  You may be aware of information regarding these developments.  This document aims to clarify the position of Landcatch in Chile. Landcatch Natural Selection Ltd had been involved in negotiations with Australis for some time over ownership of the Australis Landcatch SA broodstock and production assets in Chile, but ultimately a Norwegian competitor has significantly

PARASITE LOST AS SCIENCE TACKLES SEA LICE MENACE

News ReleaseLandcatch • Landcatch makes aquaculture breakthrough a year ahead of schedule • Salmon now more resistant to infestation • Scottish company leading global industryThe aquaculture industry has moved closer to its ‘Holy Grail’ due to a major scientific breakthrough by a Scottish company. Farmed salmon have been made more resistant to the menace of sea lice by Scottish leaders in the field, Landcatch. The company’s genetics experts have pinpointed a major gene that controls how susceptible individual fish are to sea lice infestation. The genetic markers have

HEALTHIER FISH START WITH THE RIGHT CHIPS

News ReleaseLandcatch Issued - 31 January, 2013For use - immediate • Scots firm leading global race for genetic breakthrough• Arrival of new technology advances aquaculture research• Science brings disease-free salmon a step nearerA Scottish aquaculture firm is leading the world in applying state-of-the-art genetics technology to salmon to produce more robust, disease-resistant fish. Landcatch, based at Ormsary in Argyll, has now taken delivery of the first batch of SNP Chips, cutting-edge genomic selection tools that will allow their scientists to take the next step in

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