Loch Duart Shortlisted for the Best Rural Food & Drink Business in UK Award. Loch Duart, the salmon farm based in Sutherland and the Uists, has been shortlisted for the […]
Loch Duart Shortlisted for Food & Drink Federation Awards 2019. Salmon farm Community Partner finalist in top UK food & drink industry awards. The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has […]
Record month for Mowi Rosyth processing plant. Figures in for May show that the Mowi salmon processing plant at Rosyth near Edinburgh, Scotland, recorded a 43% uplift in volume compared […]
SAIC funding for fish health. The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, SAIC, has confirmed funding for five new innovation projects, which will support the delivery of the Scottish Government’s 10-year Farmed […]
Statement from Scottish Fishermen’s Federation. SFF chief executive Bertie Armstrong said: “There’s no escaping the fact that this unexpected downturn in the cod stock will be damaging for our fleet. […]
Scottish Fisheries Museum 50th Anniversary Launch. National Museum will launch its 50th Anniversary celebrations with the return of flagship the Reaper as featured in episodes of Outlander. The Scottish Fisheries […]
Aquaculture consortium goes with the flow on environmental monitoring. A transatlantic research partnership is developing a new tool which could help the aquaculture industry more accurately understand its impact on […]
M&S Innovation Award for Scottish Sea Farms. Scottish Sea Farms has been recognised at the M&S Select Farm Awards 2019 for its innovative work to reduce polystyrene, one of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]