Tag: Shellfish
SSMO hits out at ‘tiny minority’ for risking sustainability gains. Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) has hit out at ‘tiny minority’ for risking sustainability gains. The Board of the organisation that is legally obliged to ...
Resilience funding helps Scots shellfish producers. Seafood resilience funding has helped cover some of the costs of maintaining small shellfish businesses impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and EU Exit. We caught up with some businesses ...
Defra consults over scallop management. Defra is launching two calls for evidence from 19 July 2021 to 30 August 2021 to capture views from the fishing sector, wider fishing community and other relevant stakeholders on: latent ...
Nephrops Processors Group position statement on FIPs and market. The SAGB Nephrops Processors Group (NPG) was formed in 2020 within the Processors Group of the SAGB to allow a forum for the UK’s main Nephrops ...
Scottish farmed shellfish production drops. Marine Scotland Science recently published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2020. The publication details statistics on the employment, production and value of shellfish from Scottish Shellfish Farms. It is ...
Best first half-year of all time for Norwegian Seafood Exports The export value of Norwegian seafood has never been higher in the first half of the year than in 2021. In the first six months ...
Shellfish take to the open seas: Innovative farming develops with EU funding. Shellfish farming is an important component of the EU aquaculture sector. Yet, lately, its growth has slowed down due to global competition, saturation ...
The low environmental impact of shellfish (and the future of aquaculture). Could pescetarianism be the new veganism? Here, Barry Crackett, from specialist industrial and farming brushware supplier Brushtec, outlines the low environmental impact of shellfish ...
MSC audit success for Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation. The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) has been successful in passing their annual Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification audit for their Brown Crab and King Scallop fisheries. ...
Great British Prawns collapses due to COVID-19. A pioneering aquaculture firm which launched Scotland’s first ‘green’ prawn farm two years ago has collapsed, according to an article on BBC News Scotland. Stirlingshire-based Great British Prawns ...
EU organisation recommends lifting of UK live mollusc import ban. The EU organisation, the Market Advisory Council, has recommended that the European Commission drops its ban on the import of class B live bivalves from ...
New lobster claw banding machine. The Alliance Rubber Company of the USA has developed an automatic lobster banding machine, which simplifies the process of banding claws. This machine decreases the pain and swelling in fingers, ...
Global crab meat market survives pandemic losses, with online trading promising a recovery. IndexBox has just published a new report: ‘World – Crabs And Crabs Meat – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends And Insights’. Here is ...
Increased support for fishing and shellfish businesses. The Government has announced enhanced financial support for the seafood industry with cash grants for seafood and aquaculture businesses across the UK. In January, the Government made available £23 ...
Orkney Shellfish Hatchery sees first lobster hatchings. Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, which forms part of the Cadman Capital Group’s Aquaculture portfolio, has announced the successful hatching of its first run of European clawed lobsters for 2021, ...
Western waters crab and scallop limits managing your fishing effort. All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area ...
Managing crab and lobster catches could offer long-term benefits to fishermen and the environment. The UK’s commercial fishing industry is currently experiencing a number of serious challenges. However, a study by the University of Plymouth ...
Seafood Processors Wanted for Research – Researchers at The University of Manchester are interested in carrying out research to understand the potential health consequences of exposure to fish and shellfish allergen in workers in the ...
Canada invests in mussel research and breeding programme The Government of Canada and the Province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) have announced funding to support a project by the PEI Marine Science Organization, through the ...
FDA achieves key milestone, finalises framework that will resume shellfish trade with Europe for the first time in 10 years. “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone that will resume trade in shellfish between the U.S. ...
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