EMFF

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following on from Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon’s heavy criticism of UK Government’s funding share for Scotland under the newly announced £360 million Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, Gougeon has written to the Minister of State for Food Security…

28th October 2025

Scotland’s new fishing industry funding ‘wholly unacceptable’, insists Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon

28th October 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing nets sunk at the bottom of harbour in the Danish port of Hirtshals are part of a long-term evaluation of biodegradable static nets, monitored at regular intervals to check condition and decomposition rates.

15th November 2024

Evaluating biodegradable static gear

15th November 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite natural fluctuations, fishers, divers and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about unexplained structural decline of European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. It has also been determined…

9th August 2024

LobStAR launched to get a grip on declining Dutch stocks

9th August 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

With the help of funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered a way to utilise decomposing seaweed to mass produce marine enchytraeids, small worms naturally…

6th February 2024

Seaweed worms – alternative farmed fish diet shows great promise

6th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), a project focused on the development of algae-based fish substituteshas been working since 2021 to turn the colours, flavours and texture of algae…

31st January 2023

Algae-seafood advance

31st January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A new European initiative is looking to replace the single-use plastic film typically used to preserve frozen fish with a biodegradable/edible alternative.

30th January 2023

Greener fish packaging

30th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A £3 million funding scheme to support the fisheries, marine and aquaculture sectors in Wales is now open for expressions of interest, the country’s Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has announced.

6th December 2022

Wales offers up support

6th December 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

More than 500 projects in England’s catching, processing and aquaculture sectors have been awarded over GBP 9 million in UK government funding through the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), the Marine Management…

30th August 2022

£9m English seafood boost

30th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee has approved financial support for the EU’s fisheries and the aquaculture sectors in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

22nd June 2022

War support approved

22nd June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new round of funding to support Scottish fishing businesses and wider marine organisations in coastal communities is open for applications.

13th May 2022

Scottish fishing aid

13th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A legislative amendment to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-2020 has been proposed by the European Commission that will allow additional crisis measures to support the EU fishery and aquaculture…

14th April 2022

More EU crisis measures

14th April 2022