Pat Connors is Sales & Processing Director with Marine Harvest Ireland, a part of the Global Marine Harvest Group and the largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon in the World. He has been a part of the development of this indigenous marine based business for the past 30 years, and is committed to the promotion of Irish Seafood both at home and on the International market. Pat is a member of the Consumer Foods Board of Bord Bia, a Private Industry representative on the Export Council, and has served as Chairperson of his local Primary school over a number of years. He holds Dual citizenship with the USA and will give a practical insight into how this Donegal-based company does business in the US.

1. Donegal Local Enterprise Week
Letterkenny
Mar 08th 2017
Pat Connors Marine Harvest Ireland

2. MH Ireland locations
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Processing and Sales:
› Rinmore
Hatcheries and Smolt Units:
› Kindrum
› Lough Altan
› Pettigo
Seawater Sites:
› Mulroy Bay: (Cranford, Millstone, Glinsk.)
› Whillins – (Donegal Bay)
› Creevin – (Donegal Bay) Cr
› Lough Swilly
› Clare Island Seafarms (Clew Bay)
› Innishfarnard (Kenmare Bay)
› Deenish (Ballinskelligs/Kenmare Bay)
› Roancarriag (Bantry Bay)
› Ahabeg (Bantry Bay)
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3. › One of Irelands leading seafood companies
› Irelands largest producer of Irish Organic
› (organic 7,0151t) salmon and Irish Premium
salmon.
› Fully integrated value chain from broodstock to
table salmon, 3 year cycle.
› Pioneering the development of our industry in
Ireland
› Our strategy is to become a world leading
producer of organic salmon.
› Our business is the production of high quality,
differentiated seafood products for a better life.
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Marine Harvest Ireland in brief
Volume produced 2016:
Sales 2016:
Salmon meals each year:
Employees:
8,440 tonnes.
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82 million
€ 69 m 250FTE

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5. Global presence
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Norway
222,500 tonnes
produced
Scotland
48,400 tonnes
produced
Poland
The Czech
Republic
France
Italy
Faroes
5,670 tonnes
produced
Ireland
5,900 tonnes
produced
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Netherlands
Belgium
Spain Vap Europe
61,700 tonnes sold
Asia
China
Japan
South
Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
SingaporeChile
28,300 tonnes
produced
Canada
33,000 tonnes
produced
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Head office
Farming and processing activities
Primary and secondary processing
Feed factory
Sales
All figures, 2013

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29. What went well and what we need to learn from….
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30. Some of the products our salmon is sold as world wide.
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Salmon is the key species to develop the seafood category in modern retail

31. Picard – Leading French frozen speciality retailer.
Product format: 2 X 100g Frozen organic portions, in
sous vide film.
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Carrefour: France
Product format: 2 X 100g Frozen organic portions, in
sous vide film.

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Our Team

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