Tag: COVID-19
Please don’t turn your back on our fishermen now – Cormacks Seafood. It has been nearly three weeks since the turn of the clocks into 2021, and the UK became an independent coastal state. In ...
US fishing and seafood sectors declined in 2020 due to Covid. The U.S. fishing and seafood sector generated more than $200 billion in annual sales and supported 1.7 million jobs in recent years. It experienced ...
NAFC Marine Centre Covid update. The NAFC Marine Centre hopes to be able to resume some face-to-face teaching from the 1st of February, if Shetland remains in COVID Protection Level 3. Until then the Centre ...
Salmon farmer overcomes Covid disruption to safeguard high fish survival. Scottish Sea Farms delivered high fish survival and strong biological performance in 2020 despite the ongoing pandemic, recently released figures show. Over the full year, ...
EU fleet profitable despite pandemic impact. The 2020 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet projects that in 2020, the EU fleet remained profitable overall, despite the effects of COVID-19 on the fleet and ...
Scottish seafood exporters hit by ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit disruption. Responding to the current Brexit disruption, Donna Fordyce, Chief Executive of Seafood Scotland, said: “The last 48 hours has really delivered what was expected – ...
New Covid guidelines for unloading pelagic fish in Norway. Sjømat Norge and Norges Sildesalgslag in Norway have jointly developed guidelines for unloading pelagic fish in order to maintain covid-19 infection control for all parties The ...
Thai Union implements Covid testing in Samut Sakhon factories. Thai Union is proactively implementing COVID-19 testing at its own cost for its more than 27,000 employees in Samut Sakhon as the company continues to focus ...
Stay at home: get #FishToYourDoor. Seafood Cornwall’s #FishToYourDoor scheme is ready to supply fresh fish from Cornish fishermen as millions in the UK are ordered to ‘stay at home’ once again. Despite a bitterly disappointing ...
Covid regs developed for Russia pollock fishery. On January 1, 2021, Russian fishing companies started pollock fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk. In the period from January 1 to April 10, 2021, it is planned ...
Seafood export delays – a statement from Scottish Seafood Association. Jimmy Buchan, chief executive of the Scottish Seafood Association, said he was extremely disappointed that just a few days into 2021 his members who export ...
SSPO concerns over Channel crossings. Three days before the UK leaves the EU, Scotland’s salmon farmers, producers of the UK’s top food export, are demanding seafood consignments at the Channel crossings are given priority by ...
Russian regs for interaction with China for Okhotsk Sea fishing season. Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation – Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov held a meeting of the operational ...
Successful year for Sealord Group despite pandemic. Sealord Group Ltd of New Zealand has reported a net profit after tax (NPAT) of NZD $29.3 million for its financial year ended September 30, 2020. This includes ...
Scottish salmon farmers make urgent appeal for perishable goods to be prioritised as Channel re-opens. Scotland’s salmon farmers have today called for time-critical perishable seafood products to be given priority access to the re-opened Channel crossings. ...
£18k Christmas ‘lifeline’ for good causes hit by Covid. Community groups and good causes facing uncertainty or hardship because of the coronavirus are to share in a Christmas gift of £18,280 from salmon grower Scottish ...
Seafood sector urgently needs rapid testing and cargo prioritisation. Donna Fordyce, Chief Executive of Seafood Scotland, said: “The window wherein companies would be able to salvage anything from the last couple of days is now, ...
Seafood Industry cannot take another blow The French border blockade could not have come at a worse time for the Scottish seafood industry. On the back of 2020, and as Brexit uncertainty approaches, this week ...
Urgent call for compensation for seafood companies The Scottish Seafood Association today urged the Government to compensate its members who will lose millions of pounds after France closed its border for 48 hours. Chief executive ...
Scottish salmon farmers call on UK Government to take urgent steps to have freight reinstated Scottish salmon worth at least £1.1m per day impacted by French freight ban Potential loss of £6.5m exports to France ...
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