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Women at the helm in Scottish fishing industry. Follow Fish Focus’ feature on Women in the Seafood Industry, to mark this year’s International Women’s Day. It is traditionally regarded as a male-dominated industry, […]
First Minister pledges to work constructively with the Scottish Fishing Industry Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney has told the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) that the Scottish Government is committed to […]
Ian Gatt awarded a CBE for services to Scottish fishing Ian Gatt, the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, has been awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday […]
£20.8 million UK funding boost for the Scottish fishing industry. The UK Government has announced the latest Scottish projects to receive investment from the £100 million UK Seafood Fund. A […]
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 […]
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has agreed to adopt a new Scottish-designed fishing technology as the new international standard for co-ordinated demersal fish population surveys in the […]
Scottish fishing benefits from latest funding round. The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in […]
Funding for vital life-saving training for the Scottish fishing industry welcomed. Seafish secures £140,000 from Scottish Government to continue offering free training. The drive to make Scotland’s fishing industry safer […]
Scottish fishing family delighted with performance of Morgère’s Osprey trawl doors. The Lovie family, who fish out of Kinlochbervie with their two demersal trawlers Endeavour IV and Venture II, have […]
£1.1m funding to improve safety of Scottish fishing industry Additional funding of more than £1 million has been announced to support the Scottish fishing industry and help make it safer. […]
Scottish Fishing Safety Group created – Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has announced the creation of a group to advise on health and safety on Scottish commercial fishing vessels. Speaking at […]
The Scottish fishing industry demands full control of UK waters be taken back from the EU. Politicians from all parties at Holyrood and Westminster are being urged to sign a […]
Increase in value and tonnage for Scottish fishing fleet Latest figures show that in 2017, Scottish-registered fishing increase in value and tonnage for the Scottish fishing fleet when vessels landed […]
Scottish shrimp study illuminates new potential for bait-less fishing. Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research shows. In the new study, by the University […]
Scottish fishers successfully trial innovative fishing gear to prevent whale entanglement in ropes. Minke whale entanglements could reduce by 80% says study A breakthrough collaborative project with creel fishers has successfully […]
Scottish inshore fishing businesses under threat unless rethink on worker rules. Obtaining access to labour is a key a problem for the West coast of Scotland inshore fishing industry, which […]
Sandeel fishing to be banned in Scottish waters. Fishing for sandeel is to be banned in Scottish waters ahead of the 2024 fishery season, subject to Parliamentary approval. Sandeel support […]
Scottish aquaculture now economically more important than sea fishing. A note by Tony Mackay, economist from Inverness: 1. Marine Scotland, which is part of the Scottish Government, recently published a […]
British charity Ghost Fishing UK is delighted to be attending the Scottish Skipper Expo. The charity, run entirely by volunteers, began in 2015. They train scuba divers to survey and […]
Scottish Government desperate to stop sustainable fishing trial. The Scottish Government had lodged an appeal against the order made by Lady Poole of the Court of Session, requiring them to reconsider […]
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