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Impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 on UK supply chain. Latest UK seafood sector review shows Brexit and Covid-19 impacts but fish and chip sector recovers strongly. New review from Seafish looks at UK seafood supply chain from January ...
Scottish vessels benefit from resilience funding. More than 850 fishing vessels impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Brexit have received resilience funding from the Scottish Government this year. The Seafood Producers Resilience Fund was launched in ...
Funding for Seafood sector recovery. Support for industry impacted by EU Exit and Covid-19. Funding of £1.8 million will help Scottish seafood businesses recover from the severe economic impacts of Brexit and Covid-19. The funding, ...
EC extends CFP ‘access to waters’ regime. The EC has adopted the proposal to extend the ‘’access to waters’’ regime under the current common fisheries policy (CFP) for another ten years, avoiding any disruption in the ...
Ireland begins dialogue programme with fishers and other food producers. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has begun a nationwide sectoral dialogue. The Minister will visit fishers, farmers, foresters and food ...
Annual fishing fleet survey returns as Seafish researchers head to ports across UK. Fishing industry leaders call on owners and skippers to take part in major survey of fleet. Fishing vessel owners and skippers are encouraged to take ...
Mowi wins Benromach Award for Excellence in International Business. On June 24, the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) Highlands and Islands Awards presented Mowi Scotland gold in the category for excellence in international business. The ...
Ireland calls for EU action over mackerel. At this week’s Fisheries Council, Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD raised the issue of very large unilateral mackerel quota increases by Norway ...
EU fishers call for consumers to stop eating Norwegian seafood. The UK departure from the EU has profoundly altered the fisheries governance and political scenario in the Northeast Atlantic. In a move to take advantage ...
Seafood industry survey to assess impact of Covid-19. UK seafood businesses are invited to share their experiences on coping with the Covid-19 pandemic, as a team of researchers seeks to find out how resilient the ...
Brexit has stirred-up already complex fisheries management – EU fishing leader. Last week, Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA) president Gerard van Balsfoort was the keynote speaker on a webinar of The City of Law School – ...
UK Government must invest in coastal communities. A new report claims that at least fourteen thousand jobs could be created as part of rejuvenated coastal communities if the Government invests £400 million per year for ...
Ireland slams Norway’s unilateral mackerel quota increase. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, T.D. has described Norway’s unilaterally announced 55% increase in its share of the Mackerel Stock in 2021 ...
Solid first quarter for Iceland Seafood International. Iceland Seafood International has revealed its first quarter results, with the key highlights being: Sales for Q1 2021: €104.4m, down 1% from Q1 2020 Net margin for Q1 ...
New survey offers AAA results. A new fellowship aims to identify strengths and opportunities within the animal health agritech and aquaculture (AAA) sector in Scotland. Fellow Dr Jenna Bowen, from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), will ...
Scottish Fishermen’s Federation statement on UK-Norway deal. Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the SFF, said: “The failure to reach an agreement on fisheries between the UK and Norway for 2021 is disappointing, especially for our ...
UK Fisheries slams Government for failing to reach fisheries deals. UK Fisheries, the owner of the Hull based distant water trawler, Kirkella, has criticised the UK Government for failing to reach fisheries deal with key ...
Scottish salmon sector welcomes cross-party recommendations to streamline export process. Scotland’s salmon producers have welcomed recommendations to improve the process of exporting seafood to the EU made today (Thursday 29 April 2021) by MPs on ...
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 ...
Final nail in the coffin of the English distant waters fleet? In an article on the UK Fisheries website, Sir Barney White-Spunner, Chair of the UK Fisheries Advisory Board, is highly critical of the UK ...
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