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2022 Survey Documents Further Decline In UK fishing industry

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

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!

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....

Scottish Fishing Group Calls Out MCS Advice To Avoid Eating Mackerel

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...

North-East of England Crab Deaths Report Published

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...