Shellfish event in London puts the spotlight on Scottish mussels and oysters. A shellfish event in London, with speakers, including farmers and industry experts, tastings and networking, puts the spotlight […]
Floating offshore wind and fishing. Current estimates predict that floating offshore wind turbines will make up more than one third of the UK’s total offshore wind capacity by 2050. And […]
Eat Scottish mussels. Read Fish Focus’ latest publication focusing on seafood processing. A mission to educate and inspire The Eat Scottish Mussels campaign is reigniting national interest in one of Scotland’s […]
Comment on Highlands population trends. Highland Council has warned that parts of the region are being “drained” of people. Trade body Salmon Scotland is calling for £10 million-a-year in licence fees […]
House price rises in Highlands and islands soar above national average. House price rises in rural and coastal communities have soared above the Scottish average, sparking warnings that a housing […]
Green fund distributes £3m to enhance Scotland’s coasts and seas. A ground-breaking initiative, which has distributed almost £3 million to transform the health of Scotland’s coasts and seas, opens its […]
Scotland’s salmon sector calls for greater investment in rural housing in Programme for Government. The body representing Scotland’s vital salmon sector has called for greater investment in rural housing in […]
Scotwind projects impact Shetland Fleet. Reacting to this week’s announcement by the Crown Estate Scotland of three Shetland ScotWind projects, Shetland Fishermen’s Association Executive Officer Daniel Lawson said the areas […]
Protection of migrating Scottish wild salmonid populations. Interactions between farm-raised salmon and wild salmonids are complex and difficult to quantify. However, through Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) Mowi supports meaningful and […]
Salmon Farmers Offer Solution to Rural Housing Crisis Salmon farmers demand licensing fees be used to tackle Scotland’s rural housing crisis New research shows average home prices in coastal areas […]
Root and branch review of aquaculture leasing complete. A comprehensive ‘root and branch’ review of how Scotland’s seabed is leased for aquaculture has resulted in changes to rents as well […]
Salmon Scotland complains about unjustified rent increases from Crown Estate Scotland. Salmon Scotland, the trade organisation for the Scottish salmon farming sector has written to Mairi Gougeon, The Cabinet Secretary […]
SFF comment on ScotWind round. Responding to Crown Estate Scotland’s announcement on the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the SFF, said; “While it is clear […]