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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon has secured protected legal status, giving the country’s farm-raised fish greater post-Brexit protection against the risk of food fraud through imports of inferior products.

4th April 2024

Scottish farmed salmon secures protected status

4th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

There’s been a marked increase in the investments made in the blue economy in recent years, according to the new EU BlueInvest Investor Report 2024, with its findings showing that an investment…

4th April 2024

European aquaculture boosted as blue economy investments increase

4th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The volume of salmon harvested in the Faroe Islands by the Bakkafrost Group in the first-quarter of this year increased by 3,300 tonnes year-on-year to the equivalent of 14,300 tonnes head-on gutted…

3rd April 2024

Bakkafrost’s year-start salmon harvest increases

3rd April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Strong progress has been made by tuna fisheries around the world to meet the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Standard in the past 20 years, with 159 fisheries now engaged with the programme.

3rd April 2024

Global tuna certification increases

3rd April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Blue Aqua International, Bahwan Services and Trading LLC and Muscat Investment House are partnering up to develop major aquaculture projects in Oman and Singapore.

3rd April 2024

Strategic aquaculture partnership in Oman and Singapore

3rd April 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A collaborative project between a group of partners to recycle nylon fishing and aquaculture gear could become an industry turning point, depending on the outcome of full-scale trials now in progress.

3rd April 2024

Circularity breakthrough could be a game-changer

3rd April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest in a series of factory trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company has been delivered by Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg.

3rd April 2024

Kapitan Martynov delivered to Russian Fishery Company

3rd April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite inflationary pressures, there are opportunities for Scottish seafood brands to grow the market even further in the UK, particularly with regards to the younger demographic.

2nd April 2024

Scottish seafood looks to the younger demographic

2nd April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Volunteers from Scottish salmon farms cleared away more than 23 tonnes of litter from highlands and islands beaches last year as part of efforts to keep the areas they live and work…

2nd April 2024

Salmon farmers clear tonnes of litter from Scottish beaches

2nd April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new working definition of “destructive fishing” has been drafted following a rigorous consultation process involving 80 fisheries experts from over 30 countries. 

2nd April 2024

New destructive fishing definition to ‘kickstart fresh era’ in fishing policy

2nd April 2024