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Scottish Fishermen’s Federation statement on UK-Norway deal. Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the SFF, said: “The failure to reach an agreement on fisheries between the UK and Norway for 2021 […]
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 […]
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna. Marine scientists in the UK and Ireland have analysed multiple datasets, spanning a 16-year period, to document the increase in bluefin, […]
Food and Drink trade snapshot. Food and Drink Federation publishes food and drink trade snapshot for January. Further to the ONS data released earlier this month on food and drink […]
Fishing quota boost distributed across the Union. The UK Government has yesterday (24 March) set out how additional fishing quota, secured through the negotiations in December last year, will be […]
Scottish salmon farmers call for overhaul of export paperwork. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says there is an urgent need for post-Brexit export paperwork to be simplified to avoid damaging […]
Outcome of trilateral fish negotiations was a missed opportunity. The conclusion of the first post-Brexit trilateral negotiations over shared fish stocks in the North Sea between the EU, Norway and […]
SFA attacks flawed basis of EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal. Reacting to the delayed outcome of the EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal that sets total allowable catches (TACs) for 2021 for six jointly managed […]
UK agrees fishing catch limits with EU and Norway. The UK has yesterday (16 March 2021) reached agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch limits in 2021 for […]
Affect of Pandemic and Brexit on UK mollusc producers. While the European Mollusc Market struggles with the pandemic, Brexit emerges as another serious threat to the UK’s producers. IndexBox has […]
Post-Brexit export problems cost Scotland’s salmon farmers £11 million. Bureaucracy, paperwork, delays and confusion leaves Scottish producers counting the cost. Scotland’s salmon farmers have incurred losses of at least £11 […]
SSPO calls for Government help on seafood exports. Scotland’s salmon farmers tell UK Government that more must be done to help seafood exports into Europe. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation […]
NFFO’s response to Struan Stevenson’s criticisms of the fishing industry. In his article Britain’s Fishermen are stranded on the Brexit Rocks but who’s fault is it? (The Herald 22nd January) Struan Stevenson […]
Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector – conclusions from the public consultation. The European Commission is preparing a comprehensive cross-sectoral EU algae initiative. The aim of the initiative […]
Seafood Scotland Appoints Expert Exporting Team. Trade specialists hired to help seafood businesses tackle post-Brexit EU exporting issues. A crack team of exporting consultants has been appointed by Seafood Scotland […]
Irish set out fish quota talks position. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has set out the key principles that in his view should […]
SSPO call for Scottish creation of a cross-border government taskforce to iron out the export problems experienced by seafood businesses this year. Tavish Scott, the Chief Executive of the Scottish […]
Seafood lorries descend on Westminster. Fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’ as delays hamper exports to the EU and trucks return empty according to an article in yesterday’s Guardian. Fishing lorries from Scotland and […]
SFF view on desperately poor Brexit fisheries deal. SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald has today written to the Prime Minister voicing the industry’s anger over the mounting financial losses faced […]
No sign of border obstacles dissipating. With exports of fish and shellfish into the EU impeded by a range of border issues, Defra has formed a new stakeholder group to […]
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