Trinity Seafoods, a new collaboration between three major players in the Scottish seafood sector – Denholm Seafoods, The Don Fishing Company and Seafood Ecosse – plans to create a new, highly automated business that it hopes will allow both UK…
The Annual UK/Norway seafood summit, held in Fishmonger’s Hall, reconvened last week after a two-year Covid hiatus. It opened with speeches from Norwegian minister for fisheries and ocean policy Bjørnar Skjæran and UK fisheries minister Mark Spencer, in front of…
The head of one of the UK’s largest fish and chip chains says the soaring price of fish and chips may go even higher. James Lipscombe, chief executive of The Chesterford Group, which runs 38 takeaways and restaurants under several…
Scientific advice for 2023 catches is for significant increases of some key northern area species, with many recommendations confirming what fishermen have been reporting across the grounds for the last 12 months, reports Tim Oliver. The advice for North Sea…
Marine Scotland has published the Provisional Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics for 2021, showing an increase of 11% in landings of seafish and shellfish on 2020. The statistics include a summary of provisional data on landings by Scottish-registered vessels, the size…
The combination of reduced landings from the Kirkella, a lack of product available from other distant-water fleets, and the glut of very small haddock on the grounds seen by the Scottish whitefish fleet – too small for the UK fish…
Call for reform of ‘flawed’ stock assessment process ICES is recommending a reduction for 2022 in the North Sea cod TAC of 10.3%, and a reduction for North Sea and west coast saithe of 24%, while also advocating huge increases…
UK, Norway and EU agree TACs for shared N Sea stocks Big cuts in cod and saithe but more haddock and whiting The UK agreed its first deal as an independent coastal state on Tuesday last week when it reached…
Council moves to avoid chokes as discards ban kicks in Efforts to avoid choke species, particularly those with zero TACs, dominated difficult two-day December council negotiations that brought cuts in some important TACs but increases in others, reports Tim Oliver…
Tough trade-offs to navigate at fisheries council EU fisheries ministers were facing ‘a perfect storm’ as they met to reach agreement on TACs and fishing opportunities for 2019 at this week’s fisheries council, reports Tim Oliver The council was being…
