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Shetland Fishermen challenge the idea of a biodiversity crisis in Scotland’s seas
Fishermen in Shetland say that the extent of biodiversity loss in the country’s seas has been greatly exaggerated in the public’s mind. While Scottish Government ministers and others are assuming that there is a biodiversity crisis in Scottish waters, the available...
SeaFest Peterhead to bring new seafood festival experience to the North-East of Scotland
Peterhead’s bustling harbour will provide the backdrop for a new north-east food and drink event, SeaFest Peterhead, which is set to take place later this autumn. The one-day festival celebrating the region’s seafood sector will take place on Saturday September 9 from...
2022 Survey Documents Further Decline In UK fishing industry
Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has released financial estimates which offer an insight into the difficulties faced by the nation’s fishing industry last year. The dataset is based on information gathered during the 2022 fishing fleet...
I-VMS Roll-Out Restarts For English Vessels
The MMO has confirmed the roll-out of inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) devices has been restarted. Following independent testing, two devices - Fulcrum NEMO and Succorfish SC2 - remain type approved. MMO has been working closely with the suppliers of both...
New Days, New Layout, New Plans!
As ever, the Scottish Skipper Expo continues to follow the motto, Your Industry Your Show, taking great strides to evolve the show each year in a way that reflects the changing nature of the industry while also catering to the needs of our exhibitors and visitors....
Petition Urging Scottish Ministers To Scrap HPMAs Launched By Seafood Sector
Scotland’s seafood sector today launched a concerted campaign against Scottish Government plans to ban fishing, aquaculture and harvesting in at least 10% of the country’s waters. Representatives from the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, Seafood Scotland, Salmon...
Maritime Systems slam unfair treatment by Marine Management Organisation
"£650,000 grant funds wasted due to witch hunt by public body." - James Glover, Managing Director of Maritime Systems The English inshore commercial fishing boat fleet are facing new concerns over regulation and improper use of public funds after the type...
Growing Coalition Of Voices Opposes Scottish Highly Protected Marine Areas
Scottish fishermen have welcomed the growing coalition of voices opposed to the introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas on the eve of the closing date of the Scottish Government consultation on the issue. Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Elspeth...
Scottish Fishing Group Calls Out MCS Advice To Avoid Eating Mackerel
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) – a seafood industry organisation dedicated to ensuring stock sustainability for mackerel and herring – has criticised the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest update to its ‘Good Fish Guide’, which has downgraded...
SFF Welcomes Forbes Stance On Highly Protected Marine Areas In Scotland
The thorny topic of highly protected marine areas (HMPAs) has reached the campaign to find Scotland’s next first minister - with SNP candidate Kate Forbes saying she would scrap the plans as they stand. The MSP is reported as saying that she would prefer to instead...
Shetland Seafood In Grave Danger From Highly Protected Marine Areas
Shetland’s vital seafood industries will be crippled by the introduction of strict new conservation zones where all fishing and aquaculture activity is set to be banned, with hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds of income lost. That is the stark warning made to...
North-East of England Crab Deaths Report Published
The panel of independent experts set up to assess the cause of dead and dying crabs washed up on North East UK shores from October 2021 have published their findings The panel, made up of experts from academia and industry, was chaired by Defra’s Chief Scientific...
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