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Scottish food plan to build a £30bn turnover. A second phase of the Scotland Food & Drink Export Plan will help the industry to achieve its overall aim to double turnover value to £30 billion ...
New aquaculture legislation from the Scottish Government, welcomed by SSPO. The Scottish government announced plans to introduce legislation to make the weekly reporting of sea lice data statutory, one week in arrears. Legislation will be ...
Aquaculture leaders pledge to confront sea lice threat. The Scottish salmon industry expressed a clear commitment to increase investment in tackling sea lice during 2019, according to a poll conducted by SAIC, the Scottish Aquaculture ...
Best Fish and Chips in Scotland won by McLeod’s! McLeod’s Fish and Chips, formally known as Charlies Chippy on Grant Street Inverness, has won the Best Fish and Chips in Scotland at Scotland’s Business Awards, ...
Top award for Institute of Aquaculture. The University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture has triumphed at a national awards ceremony. At the Aquaculture Awards, the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) won in the ‘Applied Research Breakthrough’ ...
Boost for Scottish businesses from new salmon farm. Scotland’s supply chain is set to share in a £3.2m boost to business following the news that Scottish Sea Farms has been given the approval for a ...
Scotland Director of the Year Awarded to Ace Aquatec. Ace Aquatec Managing Director Nathan Pyne-Carter has been awarded the Institute of Directors annual award for Director of the Year in the category for Innovation. The ...
Evidence on discard ban compliance – Today, 22nd May, the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee will take evidence on discard ban compliance from the bodies responsible for enforcing fisheries legislation in England ...
New Chairman for Loch Duart. Alistair Erskine, a Scottish seafood industry expert, is taking over as Chairman of Loch Duart, the salmon farming business based in Sutherland and the Uists. Alistair takes over from Dr ...
SFF chief executive to stand down this Autumn. Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Bertie Armstrong will be standing down from the post later this year, it was announced today. Elspeth Macdonald, who is currently the ...
Scottish catch value up. Latest figures show that in 2018, Scottish registered fishing vessels landed 445 thousand tonnes of sea fish and shellfish with a value of £572 million. This represents an decrease of 20 ...
Value added benefits at new Lerwick fish market. The latest major investment by Lerwick Port Authority in the Shetland fishing industry is facilitating third parties in the sector to upgrade their own operations. The Authority’s ...
John Ross Jnr launches new brand identity at Seafood Expo Global – Luxury smoked salmon producer, John Ross Jnr, has revealed its new brand identity and packaging at this year’s Seafood Expo Global as part ...
Science sheds new light on mackerel fishery – The following article by Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group, appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on 7 May Fisheries science and the calculation of ...
New Scottish seafood logistics company to be launched. A new seafood logistics company, JDOT Logistics, based in Scotland, offering Scottish fish and shellfish processors an overnight distribution service to mainland Europe, will be launched oficially ...
Changing Tides to drive Scottish Seafood growth ambitions. Strategic plan for collaboration, sustainable change and growth fits within Scotland Food & Drink ‘Ambition 2030’ – which aims to double the value of food and drink ...
Scottish processor launches new smoked mackerel product. Scottish processor Luss Smokehouse has launched beech smoked mackerel to their range. Using only three basic ingredients; mackerel, salt and beech smoke, the company says the result is ...
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