Steve Reed, the new secretary of state for Defra, had a first meeting at the start of August with over 200 industry, trade association and NGO representatives from across the farming, fishing, food and environmental sectors, where he set out…
Industry leaders have called for the fishing industry to be given a much higher priority as a vital element in national food security, and for political parties to include a strategy for fisheries in their manifestos ahead of the general…
Scottish rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon (pictured above) responded recently to UK industry proposals for a cod symposium, bringing together scientists, fishermen and fisheries managers to look at current data collection and analysis, and collaborate on improved science that would…
