Fergus Ewing to headline Scottish Seafood Summit. Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the Scottish Seafood Summit in Aberdeen on 27 ...
Clarity on Seafood Support The UK Government must provide urgent detail on its new seafood funding scheme or risk undermining the support it is looking to provide businesses impacted by EU Exit and coronavirus (COVID-19), ...
New Campaign to Support Scottish Food and Drink A new campaign celebrating the wide range of produce grown and made in Scotland has been launched with the help of ‘The Great British Bake Off’ winner, ...
SSPO comment on Brexit Seafood Taskforce. Tavish Scott, Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, welcomed the announcement of the Brexit seafood task force but questioned the decision to lead it from the UK ...
Scottish Seafood Scheme Launches Applications are now available for a new £6.45 million funding scheme for fishers and small aquaculture businesses impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and EU Exit. The Seafood Producers Resilience Fund will ...
Tavish Scott takes co-chair position on the AILG. Tavish Scott is to take up the role of Co-Chair of the Aquaculture Industry Leadership Group (AILG). The Group was established by the sector and is supported ...
Seafood Scotland Appoints Expert Exporting Team. Trade specialists hired to help seafood businesses tackle post-Brexit EU exporting issues. A crack team of exporting consultants has been appointed by Seafood Scotland in a bid to help ...
Brexit deal means drop in key fishing stocks for Scotland. The Brexit fisheries deal negotiated by the UK Government will mean a fall in the quantity of key fishing stocks landed by the Scottish fleet, ...
Scots Govt disputes claims about Environmental Health Officer shortfall. References to a Scottish ‘shortfall’ in Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) available to sign Export Health Certificates (EHC) for exports, including seafood, to the EU with regards ...
Scottish Government calls for Brexit seafood red-tape derogation New Brexit-related administrative burdens on Scotland’s fish and animal product exporters are being tackled through a programme of action led by the Scottish Government and Food Standards ...
Controls for Scottish wrasse fisheries. Mandatory controls over the harvesting of wild wrasse for managing sea lice in the salmon farming industry have been announced by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing. The new measures are ...
Scots Fisheries Minister calls for Brexit support funding clarity Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has called on the UK Government to urgently clarify how it will provide the multi-year industry support funding previously supplied by ...
A Better Future for us All – A major new blueprint setting out a long-term vision for Scotland’s successful farmed salmon sector is published today (10.11.20). Green jobs and sustainable operations underpin this ground-breaking new ...
Preparing for EU Exit – A series of webinars are being organised to help seafood businesses prepare for changes to import and export processes for trade with the EU and Northern Ireland, that will come ...
Scotland should receive at least £62 million annually in replacement of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) according to Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing. Mr Ewing raised the issue at an EU Exit Operations meeting ...
A collection of information and guidance to help the seafood sector prepare for the end of the EU Exit Transition Period has been published by the Scottish Government and Food Standards Scotland (FSS). With the ...
Wider economic impacts of aquaculture. The aquaculture sector contributed approximately £885 million to the wider Scottish economy and supported 11,700 jobs in 2018, according to new research. The Marine Scotland commissioned report – Estimation of ...
Protecting Scotland’s Seafood Sector. Critical amendments must be made to the UK Fisheries Bill to ensure that it protects and supports Scotland’s seafood sector in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges of ...
New scheme to help Scots aquaculture sector preserve stock. Aquaculture businesses affected by the collapse of international markets due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can apply to cover the costs of maintaining unsold stock through ...