SNP MPs have condemned the UK government for the negative impact of Brexit on the Scottish fisheries sector, reports Tim Oliver. In a Westminster debate last week, Alyn Smith, shadow SNP spokesman on Europe, told Alister Jack, secretary of state…
Committee warned about spatial pressures on Scots industry Industry leaders have attacked government proposals to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), saying that that they lack a sound evidence base and that their effects cannot be measured, reports Tim Oliver.…
A wide range of fishing and aquaculture businesses and marine organisations are set to benefit from Marine Fund Scotland’s latest round of funding. A total of 60 projects will receive grants ranging from £7,000 to £1.6m, with the emphasis on…
Powers to offer financial support to the fishing industry on the scale required to deal with the high fuel costs rests with Westminster, according to Scottish fisheries secretary Mairi Gougeon, reports Tim Oliver. The minister was asked by Scottish Conservative…
A proposed expansion of the Ossian wind farm off the east coast of Scotland using floating technology would make it one of the top five largest floating offshore installations in the world, reports Tim Oliver. An international partnership of leading…
The Swan Trust is seeking trustees to help shape its future and develop opportunities for people to interact with Shetland’s community asset Swan, reports Paul Scott. Built in Lerwick in 1900, the Swan was one of hundreds of ‘Fifies’ –…
The Scottish Oyster Shucking Championships have made a successful return following a two-year Covid-enforced break, reports Paul Scott. Competition judge David Jarrad, chief executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, with Alexander Wallace, this year’s shucking champion. The competition…
A cross-party group of MPs and MSPs wrote to new prime minister Liz Truss immediately upon her appointment last week to press the case for a joint bid by Aberdeen and Peterhead as the site of one of two expected…
Seafish fleet researcher Udara Nagodavithana (pictured above) reports from Pittenweem in Fife on a trial seeking to understand the impacts of electrofishing for razor clams While I was speaking to skippers and vessel owners in Fife for the annual survey…
Scottish seafood processors are demanding urgent action on rising energy costs, which they say are threatening to drive some factories out of business. In a letter to the two candidates to become prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, ahead…
