Scottish salmon producer to farm mulloway in Africa

The company hopes that the farm would be producing significant tonnage of dusky kob, also known as mulloway, within two years.

“I certainly think the project should be producing a significant amount of tonnage within two years from now, depending on what you call significant,” said Joy. “I think a few hundred tons within the next couple of years would be pretty good going.” Joy described the project as extraordinarily exciting, and in particular cited the chance to further the company’s work with people and the environment as motivating factors. “Dusky kob are on the red list in South Africa, its been very heavily overfished. So we can do something useful in returning that,” he said. “It’s also very useful in terms of employment in Mozambique, where we’re working in areas with 80% subsistence living.” The company hopes to employ large numbers of people, even hundreds, very quickly, said Joy.