Mairi Gougeon

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The sandeel arbitration tribunal has published its final ruling in the UK-sandeel case. This relates to decisions taken in March 2024 by UK and Scottish governments to close North Sea waters to…

12th May 2025

UK upholds sandeel fishing ban

12th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Five new draft Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) designed to improve the long-term sustainability of UK fish stocks have been opened for consultation.

14th October 2024

UK consulting on new fisheries management plans

14th October 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has secured new funding to continue its support of fish health research and development (R&D), delivered in collaboration between the private and public sectors.

14th May 2024

Farmed fish health funding boost for SAIC

14th May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmers in Scotland harvested 169,194 tonnes of fish in 2022, with the volume representing an 18 percent decrease on the previous year, finds a new report from Scottish Government.

4th October 2023

Scotland’s farmed salmon production tails off

4th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

While the volume of fish and shellfish caught by the Scottish fishing fleet last year fell 2% compared with 2021 to around 429,000 tonnes, the value of these landings increased 4% to…

27th September 2023

Scottish catch value bounces back (but not to pre-Covid levels)

27th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Establishing Scotland as an international leader in the use of technology for responsible fisheries management and improving the policy and regulatory framework for the expansion of sustainable aquaculture are among the key…

6th September 2023

Scotland sets out new fisheries, aquaculture objectives

6th September 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has let down the country’s seafood exporters with its decision to end the current testing programme for digital Export Health Certificates (eEHCs),…

22nd August 2023

Scotland: Defra has failed seafood exporters with eEHC decision

22nd August 2023