Sir lain Anderson: Marine Harvest: 1977-1879

摘要

I lain Anderson was involved with Marine Harvest almost from the start, joining Unilever Research in 1965. 'I have a background in marine science and microbiology, and at the time I was working for the US Government doing marine science work', he explains. 'Unilever contacted me and asked if I would consider returning to the UK to join Unilever Research.'As Anderson explains, at the time Unilever had a big commitment to fishing, which included the largest trawler fleet in Europe. However, looking forward they were aware of diminishing wild fish stocks and hadtaken a strategic decision to investigate aquacul-ture on a broad front. 'They experimented with marine fish and crustaceans, both at Aberdeen and further south, at Findon. In 1965 they bought the Vik brothers' patent for the process for acclimatising rainbow trout from freshwater to sea water, with the idea of growing very big rainbow trout in sea water.