Red tape has UK shellfish aquaculture in a bind

The UK’s shellfish farming industry is a small but very important industry, and it has fantastically huge potential that could put it on par with France and Spain – Europe’s leaders in the space – if it’s provided with a regulatory landscape that allows it to grow and flourish, according to David Jarrad, Chief Executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB).

Whitstable oyster farming

The UK’s shellfish farming industry is a small but very important industry, and it has fantastically huge potential that could put it on par with France and Spain – Europe’s leaders in the space – if it’s provided with a regulatory landscape that allows it to grow and flourish, according to David Jarrad, Chief Executive of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB).