Morgère leaves its historic site in Saint-Malo. Morgère’s new modern production facility will provide platform for growth. Morgère, the leading French trawl door manufacturer, is moving from its historic base in Saint Malo to a ...
Seafood processors criticise UK and Scottish Governments for funding failures. The Scottish Seafood Association has launched an angry attack on the UK and Scottish Governments for letting the seafood processing sector down in its “hour ...
£6.1 million Fisheries and Seafood Scheme opens for applications. New scheme launches to provide £6.1 million over the next 12 months to support England’s seafood sector, coastal communities and marine environment. The Marine Management Organisation ...
New Mowi feed mill in Scotland delivers on plan. Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19 and Brexit, Mowi’s new state of the art feed mill in Scotland delivered on their strategic aim to be self-sufficient ...
Food and Drink trade snapshot. Food and Drink Federation publishes food and drink trade snapshot for January. Further to the ONS data released earlier this month on food and drink exports to the EU, the ...
Fishing quota boost distributed across the Union. The UK Government has yesterday (24 March) set out how additional fishing quota, secured through the negotiations in December last year, will be split between Scotland, Wales, Northern ...
Seafood Sector Taskforce public consultation. The Seafood Sector Taskforce committee is now seeking written submissions or observations within the scope of the terms of reference in advance of publication of the interim report. Please email ...
Scottish salmon farmers call for overhaul of export paperwork. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says there is an urgent need for post-Brexit export paperwork to be simplified to avoid damaging delays. The key piece of ...
Irish fishers attack EU Brexit fund proposals. Ireland’s share of overall €5bn EU Brexit fund, including the €600m earmarked as compensation for the loss of Irish fishing quotas in their own waters, is being threatened ...
Outcome of trilateral fish negotiations was a missed opportunity. The conclusion of the first post-Brexit trilateral negotiations over shared fish stocks in the North Sea between the EU, Norway and the UK has demonstrated some ...
SFA attacks flawed basis of EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal. Reacting to the delayed outcome of the EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal that sets total allowable catches (TACs) for 2021 for six jointly managed stocks, Shetland Fishermen’s Association criticised ...
UK agrees fishing catch limits with EU and Norway. The UK has yesterday (16 March 2021) reached agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch limits in 2021 for six jointly-managed fish stocks in ...
£1.3m for Welsh seafood sector to help deal with Brexit and Covid impacts. The Welsh Government has launched a new £1.3m scheme to help the Welsh fishing and aquaculture sector following the twin hits to ...
MMO launches Seafood Response Fund. The MMO has announced the launch of the Seafood Response Fund (SRF) that is designed to help UK fishing and shellfish aquaculture businesses that have been affected by the downturn ...
Increased support for fishing and shellfish businesses. Expanded Seafood Response Fund for the UK’s seafood and aquaculture sectors. The Government has announced enhanced financial support for the seafood industry with cash grants for seafood and aquaculture businesses ...
Grants to boost Irish aquaculture sector. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has announced the award of €1,811,461 in grants to 28 aquaculture companies under his Department’s European Maritime and ...
Europêche criticises spread of damaging information by EC. Europêche, the European fishing industry representative body, has expressed concern about damaging information being spread by the EC with regards to fisheries. In a statement, Europêche said: ...
Affect of Pandemic and Brexit on UK mollusc producers. While the European Mollusc Market struggles with the pandemic, Brexit emerges as another serious threat to the UK’s producers. IndexBox has just published a new report: ‘EU ...
Post-Brexit export problems cost Scotland’s salmon farmers £11 million. Bureaucracy, paperwork, delays and confusion leaves Scottish producers counting the cost. Scotland’s salmon farmers have incurred losses of at least £11 million as a direct result ...