The body that represents Scotland’s seafood processing industry has elected its first chairwoman. Amber Knight of MacNeil Shellfish was unanimously chosen to lead the Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) at its annual general meeting. She thanked outgoing chairman Ryan Scatterty for…
Curbs on fishing loom to protect marine environment The Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party parliamentary group have agreed to work together over the next five years in a deal that could have far-reaching implications for the Scottish fishing…
Record stocks ‘disprove claims of overfishing’ Scottish industry leaders have hit out angrily at calls by a coalition of leading green groups for the Scottish government to reduce bottom trawling and introduce a raft of other restrictive measures to fight…
Launching their new report – ‘Shifting gears – achieving climate-smart fisheries’ – WWF, the RSPB and the MCS call for a raft of restrictive measures aimed mainly at trawling but also including REM and VMS on all vessels fishing in…
Researchers at Aberdeen University say that sprats have recovered strongly in the Clyde. They say the biomass is now four times higher than it was in the late 1980s, and sprats are now ‘highly dominant over the historically more abundant…
Lobbying bypasses IFG process, say opponents Pressure is growing in Scotland for a ban on bottom trawling and dredging within the country’s three-mile limit and inside Scottish MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. Our Seas, a coalition of more than 100 green…
The ability to track free-swimming salmon juveniles has been extended hundreds of kilometres into the open ocean using advanced robotic technology. As part of the EU INTERREG VA-funded SeaMonitor project, Dr Ross O’Neill of the Marine Institute and Kieran Adlum…
Scottish fisheries leaders have urged the prime minister to help them build back the industry after the bad Brexit deal, which has left skippers battling for fishing opportunities while EU vessels continue to have full access to UK waters. At…
Help needed to attract new entrants England’s young fishermen say they need financial help to buy boats and to encourage new entrants to the industry, similar to the help-to-buy scheme launched in Scotland at the end of April, reports Tim…
Funding of £1.8m has been announced to help Scottish seafood businesses recover from the severe economic impacts of Brexit and Covid-19. The funding, managed by trade marketing body Seafood Scotland, will support seafood businesses to access new markets within the…
