Neil Manchester, general manager of Landcatch, the Scottish fish breeding company, has been appointed as managing director of a newly-formed aquaculture business unit of parent company Hendrix Genetics, the multi-species breeding company.

He takes up his post on Jan. 1, 2015.

Manchester will be based at the Hendrix Genetics headquarters in Boxmeer, Netherlands, and will be in charge of Atlantic salmon, coho salmon and trout breeding operations, as well as genetics services, in Scotland, the United States, Chile and the Isle of Man.

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