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ISSUE 21 - SPRING 2018
Investing in our future
This newsletter points to some of the areas We are never too old to learn and while MH ASA published its annual report on
where we are working to better ourselves, formal education may not suit everybody, March 20th and is set to confirm that
particularly in the area of fish health. The being part of a large international company 2017 was a record year for the Group.
south west has been blessed for some time brings opportunities to learn from others Interestingly, it was also a record year for
with Abdon Ryan’s experience and natural in similar positions. With that in mind, MHI. In reality such a success takes more
insight into what is happening with our anyone interested in working in one of our than one year and was very much linked to
stocks and their environment. We are now sister companies for a spell would be well the stocks that went to sea the year before
much better placed to achieve this in the supported and encouraged to do so – and were hatched from ova the year before
northern division of our company with the consider this seriously as it could ignite your that.
experience of Sandra Schlittenhardt’s team. career!
A big thank you to all our employees who
In an effort to continue developing the skills In terms of activity, these last two months contributed to raising MHI’s profile in the
of our employees, we have a management have been colder than usual and sufficiently Group and long may it continue!
training programme in place for future site cold to depress biological activity – just as
Wishing you a very happy Easter!
operations managers. We would like to the daffodils are late, the fishes’ appetite
encourage all our employees to take on has yet to pick up to match the increase in
further education if or when they get a daylight. A slow start to the year is favoured
chance. MHI is very keen to support such over too fast a start, but we look forward to
initiatives for employees. growth picking up, a sentiment shared by
our brethren farmers on land.
Jan
A rare breed –
MHI Breeding
Unit Manager
celebrates 25
years
One of the most important steps in
farming livestock is the first stage –
breeding the next generation. There
are few people who can claim to have
overseen the spawning of 80,000
female salmon and the production of
The launch of “Croí na Farraige” in Lough Swilly almost 500 million eggs but Richard
Carr, MHI Breeding Unit Manager, is the
Marine Harvest Ireland launches
exception.
Richard hails from Fanad in Co Donegal
new €800,000 workboat and recently celebrated 25 years
working for MHI, having started with
the company directly after finishing his
New marine vessel to support company farms in Donegal secondary school education.
On December 9th, we at Marine Harvest our marine staff and we are very proud More recently, Richard has been gaining
Ireland (MHI) unveiled our newly to see it operational here in Fanad.” experience with breeding and growing
commissioned €800,000 fish farm lumpfish, which have added an extra
The project was part funded by the dimension to his job. Richard and his
workboat, “Croí na Farraige,” in Lough
Irish Government and the European partner, Claire, have two young boys,
Swilly. The vessel was officially launched by
Maritime and Fisheries Fund under the Joseph and Ritchie. In his spare time,
Government Chief Whip, Joe McHugh, on a
Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme and Richard enjoys Gaelic football and
chilly Saturday on Rathmullen pier.
was administered by Bord Iascaigh soccer.
The 17.5 metre vessel was designed by Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood
Simon Cormack of Marine Design and Development Agency.
constructed by Arklow Marine. The boat
We have several sea farms along the
name was proposed by MHI staff member,
western seaboard, located on Lough
Declan McGettigan, after company staff
Swilly, Mulroy Bay, Inver Bay, Clew Bay,
were invited to submit suggested names for
Kenmare Bay and Bantry Bay. All of the
the new vessel.
fish from these farms are packed at our
Speaking at the launch Jan Feenstra Co Donegal factory in Rinmore on the
said, “This boat represents a significant Fanad peninsula.
investment by Marine Harvest. Croí na
“Croí na Farraige” will be used to support
Farraige was designed in conjunction with
our sea farms in Donegal waters.
Congratulations to
our newly graduated
Sales Coordinator
Congratulations to Darren Carr, MHI Sales
Coordinator, who was recently conferred with
an Honours Bachelor Degree in Business from
LYIT in Letterkenny. Darren completed his
degree while working in the MHI sales team.
Richard Carr, Kindrum Breeding Unit Manger
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Introducing the MHI
fish health team
Over the past three years, MHI has been
building a fish health management team
with the recruitment of a dedicated fish
veterinarian and a number of biologists
In 2015, Sandra Schlittenhardt joined MHI having just
completed her Master’s degree in Aquatic Veterinary
Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Sandra
gained her Veterinary Medicine degree from Giessen
University, Germany in 2011 and is now responsible for fish
management health in MHI.
Will Hurley joined MHI in May 2016 and first began working
in MHI’s south western sites before moving to Donegal in
November 2017. Will is from Enniskean, Co Cork and holds
a degree in Marine Science from National University of
Ireland, Galway (NUIG). Will supports fish health surveillance
Left to right: Sean Begley, Marine Stock Data Supervisor, Ellen Hanly, Fish
in all Donegal marine and freshwater sites. Health Biologist, Mayo, Amber Irwin Moore, Cleaner Fish Manager, Sandra
Amber Irwin Moore joined MHI in June 2017, having Schlittenhardt, Veterinarian and MHI Fish Health Manager
worked as a research assistant in NUIG’s Carna Research
Station prior to that. Amber is from Galway and holds a
Master’s degree in Science from NUIG. Since November
2017, she has managed the cleaner fish stocking
programme for MHI. Amber has fish farming in her blood –
her grandfather, John Irwin, was one of the original farming
pioneers in Connemara.
Ellen Hanly is the most recent recruit to the fish health
team. Ellen is a native of Kilkenny and holds a Master’s
degree in Marine Biology from University College Cork and
worked as a research assistant at NUIG’s Carna Research
Station before joining MHI in January of this year. Ellen
will be responsible for fish health surveillance in the Mayo
marine sites.
Finally, Fanad native, Seán Begley, has responsibility for all
marine stock data collection and analysis, which is a vital
component of fish health surveillance. Seán has worked in
MHI for over 29 years in a variety of marine-related roles.
Will Hurley, Fish Health Biologist, Donegal with his dog Lilly
Waitrose Promotion of Irish organic salmon
Marine Harvest Irish organic salmon was included in Waitrose
promotions to celebrate 25 years of Duchy Originals in-store.
MHI began supplying Irish organic salmon to Waitrose in
July 2017 and during the two week promotion, sales of the
product surpassed expectations.
Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, Duchy Originals
celebrates its 25th anniversary as sales for the brand
surpassed £200 million for the first time last year.
The brand was created by the Prince to champion organic
farming and is known today as Waitrose Duchy Organic.
MHI is delighted to be a supplier to this high-quality range of
products.
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Eating fish makes children smarter
A recent study found that eating fish improves cognitive ability in children
A study carried out by researchers at the University of Philadelphia’s medical school in
the US found that frequent fish intake was associated with fewer sleep problems and
higher IQ scores.
In this study, 541 Chinese schoolchildren were followed, with sleeping quality assessed
from the ages of 9-11 years and IQ scores at the age of 12. A dose-response
relationship indicated higher IQ scores in children eating fish 2-3 times per month or
more often compared to children eating fish less than 2 times per month or not eating
fish at all.
The full article - Lui, Jianghong at al. (2007) The mediating role of fish in the fish
consumption - Cognitive functioning relationship: a cohort study. Nature. 7; 17961. -
can be found in Marine Harvest’s scientific article database under the following link:
https://bit.ly/2IORWOo
Double retirees
Annette Rodgers, Key Account Manager and Pat
Connors, Sales Director with MHI with customer
Anne Lehmann of Oekofrost
Left to right: Maurice Kelly, HR Manager; Martin Blake, David Steward
and Joseph Gibbons, Marine Operations Manager
Sales team at
Martin Blake, former Donegal Facilities Security Manager, and David BIOFACH 2018
Steward, former Brood Stock Manager, recently retired from MHI after In February, the MHI sales team attended the world’s leading
a combined 58 years of service. Prior to joining MHI, Martin served trade fair for organic food BIOFACH in Nuremberg, Germany
in the Irish Army while David previously spent seven years working in and met a number of customers including representatives
Donegal Bay salmon farms. During retirement, both men plan to travel from Oekofrost.
and spend more time with their families.
Santa visits
Rossnakill
Community
Centre
On December 17th, MHI hosted its
annual Christmas party with Santa
Claus as the special guest. 90 children
of employees attended the party and
received a gift from Santa.
4
Spring Salmon recipe Bike to work
Sesame Crusted Salmon - Serves 2 Marine Harvest Ireland has partnered
with ‘Bike to Work’ (TravelHub), to offer
MHI staff an easy online service to sign
up to this tax free travel scheme
Through the Cycle to Work scheme, you can spend up
to €1,000 on a bike and accessories and the cost is
deducted from your gross salary, saving you up to 52%
of the total price (depending on your tax bracket). Using
‘Bike to Work’ you can choose from over 300 bike shops
nationwide so there’s something to suit everyone.
Here’s how to get your bike:
1. Open our company microsite:
http://marineharvestireland.travelhub.ie
2. Print quotation form
Ingredients
3. Bring this to the bike shop (list available on website)
2 salmon darnes Splash of olive oil for frying
4. Choose the bike and get a quotation number
4 tablespoons of sesame seeds Tartare sauce or mayonnaise
5. Fill the order out and submit online
Instructions 6. Print the cycle to work procedure and the terms and
Cut the fish into thick, 2 inch long strips conditions, sign and return to your HR Manager.
Place into a bowl with the sesame seeds and gently mix, until all the fish When you select your bike and it’s paid for by MHI you
is coated with the seeds. You may need to press the fish into the seeds to will receive a bike voucher. Bring the voucher with a form
help them to stick of personal identification to the bike shop and collect your
Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the fish bike.
Fry over a medium heat turning gently until all the sides are golden and For more information, please feel free to contact your
crispy manager or Maurice Kelly, HR Manager.
Remove and drain on absorbent kitchen paper
Serving Suggestions
Fresh green salad
Tips
This recipe can also be cooked in an oven. Simply place fish on an oiled
baking tray and bake in a hot oven for 10 – 12 minutes
Big School Cook Off
For the second consecutive year, Scoil Mhuire Milford, Co Donegal along with the Abbey
Vocational School in Donegal town, represented the county in the regional finals of the ‘Big
School Cook Off’ on Tuesday, January 23rd at St Mary’s College, Derry. Tommy Walls and Oisín
Riney cooked up their dish, Irish organic salmon with Ballyholey Farm season vegetables, for
the judges.
The two boys have been busy practicing with their cookery teacher, Elaine Nelis, since the
New Year and both MHI and Scoil Mhuire Milford are very proud of their achievements to date.
The Irish News has teamed up with food-service firm, Mount Charles, to launch this new
competition for budding chefs in post-primary schools. Supported by ‘Business in the
Community’, the initiative encourages pupils between Year 8 or 1st Year and Year 10 or 3rd
Year, living in Northern Ireland and Co Donegal, to become interested in healthy cooking and
creative dishes.
Shortlisted teams will take part in county heats against other schools where the teams will be
given the same ingredients and recipe to follow. The winners from each will go forward to cook
their original recipe submission at a final in June. Tommy Walls and Oisín Riney
presenting their dish
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MHI staff raise €10,800 for It’s time to TalkSafety
children’s ambulance service In Spring 2018, we launched the new
BrainSafe Campaign - TalkSafety:
A 5k fun-run hosted by MHI, raised over Be Innovative
€10,800 for the national children’s charity,
the BUMBLEance service We are asking you to share experiences, new ideas and
stories with your colleagues to get the conversation started.
The BUMBLEance service provides an interactive ambulance service
What is TalkSafety: Be Innovative?
designed specifically for children who require transport from their homes
to treatment centres across Ireland. The service has been a great help to Through five years with BrainSafe, one of the most important
the family of a Marine Harvest employee, Patsy McGinley, whose daughter, things we have learned is that the more we talk about safety,
Bridget used the service. the safer we are. The ‘Be Innovative’ process is a way for
us to have focused conversations about how to continually
improve our safety culture. ‘Be Innovative’ is interactive
and employee-driven, so that everyone has a voice in the
conversation.
Through the ‘Be Innovative’ process, we will:
> Assess our safety culture at the site-level
> Identify ways to continually improve
> Test our new ideas
> Celebrate our safety successes
> Increase the sharing of best practices at the business
unit and corporate levels
> Act in alignment with our Marine Harvest values of
Change and Share
What is new?
We are introducing green and red zones. Green zones are
those aspects of our safety culture that are working well.
They are strengths that we should be proud of and continue
to build on.
Left to right at the presentation of the cheque to Bumbleance staff are:
Annette Rodgers, Key Account Manager, Patsy McGinley (Bridget’s father), Red zones are those aspects of our safety culture that are
Aidan Thompson of BUMBLEance, Sarah McGinley (Bridget’s mother) and more challenging. They are opportunities that we may want
Bridget McGinley to address through the ‘Be Innovative’ process.
Green zone ideas or projects are those great ideas we
Japanese visitors have to improve our safety culture. The ideas we choose to
implement are our green zone ideas, which is our green zone
project.
Pictured left to right visiting Altan Smolt unit recently are: Kaoru
Uchiyama, Assistant Manager, Ouesi Water Solutions, Philip O’Donnell,
Altan Manager, Jack Pan, CEO, Ouesi Water Solutions and Hugh
McGinley, MHI Freshwater Operations Manager
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Marine Harvest Ireland MHI launches new Trainee
employee well-being Managers Programme
initiative In January, four MHI employees signed up for the
The company have chosen the newly inaugurated Trainee Manager Programme
following adventure and athletic The new trainees include Cormac Sidley, who hails from the Beara peninsula
events to support in 2018 and had been working as a marine diver in our south west sites, Laura Hegarty,
who following graduation from LYIT has worked in quality assurance at Rinmore
2018 EVENT CALENDAR processing plant, Danny Dougherty, an agricultural science graduate with
previous experience in the Swilly sea site and Seán Paul Gallagher, who has
4th April Ramelton Transplant Games 5k
worked for several years in Rinmore dispatch section.
14th April Donegal Bay Cycle Club
This programme is designed to give the trainee managers a good grounding
50/100/140k
in all areas of our business. The overall programme will last 18 to 22 months,
6th May Northwest 10k depending on the progress made in terms of experience and qualifications.
Throughout the programme, trainees will spend time in the company’s
13th May Inishowen 100 mile/60 mile
Freshwater, Marine, Processing, Sales, Fish Health and Technical departments
Cycle
and will spend an additional period of time in another business unit within the
12th May Wild Atlantic Adventure Race MH Group.
(WAAR)
During the programme, the trainees will complete formal management
26th May Beara Cycle Kenmare and aquaculture training in conjunction with the Irish Business Employers
Confederation (IBEC) Management and Leadership Training in addition to the
2nd June Gartan Adventure Race
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) QQI Level 5 Certificate in Aquaculture. The trainees
10th June Errigal 100Mile/100k Cycle will undergo regular assessment and review with their supervisor, including
formal assessments of competence every six months with the HR manager and
June Carrauntoohil Mountain Climb
department manager.
1st July Fanad Coastal Walk
7th July Ring of Kerry Cycle
8 July
th
Killybegs Marathon/Half-
Marathon
7th July Achill Half-Marathon/10k
21 July
st
MAD Adventure Race
19th August Donegal Full/Half-Marathon
August Tour de Foyle 80k cycle
September Marine Harvest 5k
9 September
th
Rebel tour - Beara Left to right: Cormac Sidley, Laura Hegarty, Danny Dougherty and Seán Paul
Gallagher
September Cashel 5k
28 October
th
Dublin Marathon
Marine Harvest USA launch
Marine Harvest will
contribute up to 120
Irish organic salmon on
to the entry fee of all Amazon Prime in the USA
employees wishing to
Irish organic farmed salmon is now
participate in any of
available to buy online on Amazon Prime
the above events. All
in the USA. Each package contains a 5oz.
participants should
(142g) serving.
gather prior to the event
for a Marine Harvest
group photo! New Baby
If you are interested Congratulations to Grzegorz Waszczyszyn, who
please contact Bernie Gallagher, by email works in Rinmore processing plant, on the birth
bernie.gallagher@marineharvest.com of his son Kacper Waszczyszyn.
or phone 074 91 92120
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Terms and conditions:
The competition is open to all employees of Marine Harvest Ireland. There is one prize only.
COMPETITION WINNER
No cash alternative will be offered. The prize winner will be selected at random from all Congratulations to Brandon McClafferty, winner of
correct entries received before the closing date of Monday, April 30th 2018.
last edition’s competition. Brandon, who is a member
The judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. Only one entry of our secondary processing team based in Rinmore,
allowed per person. Co Donegal, has won a €200 One4All voucher.
If you have any comments on this newsletter or ideas for future features please contact Catherine McManus
at catherine.mcmanus@marineharvest.com or Maurice Kelly at maurice.kelly@marineharvest.com
Marine Harvest Ireland, Rinmore, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. T: 074 915 9805.
www.marineharvestireland.com
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