Scotland

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotland’s January mackerel fishery is progressing well, with the fleet reporting productive marks of high-quality fish.

21st January 2025

Scottish mackerel in high demand

21st January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scotland is proud of its seafood industry and is committed to ensuring it has a sustainable future, according to Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary of Economy and Gaelic Kate Forbes.

5th November 2024

Kate Forbes: Seafood industry success essential to Scotland

5th November 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Investment of nearly GBP 1 billion on fish health and welfare has helped deliver the best survival rate for Scottish farmed salmon since 2020, with new figures published by trade body Salmon…

30th October 2024

Scottish salmon achieves best survival rate for four years

30th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon producer Bakkafrost Group delivered second-quarter operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of DKK 388 million, some DKK 35 million more than in the corresponding period of 2023.

28th August 2024

Faroes strike impacts Bakkafrost’s financial performance

28th August 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Mull, Scotland, -based Inverlussa Marine Services has appointed Macduff Shipyards to design and build a new 25-metre hybrid workboat vessel, which will be equipped with the latest technology to support sustainable growth.

17th July 2024

Hybrid vessel order boost for Scottish shipbuilding, salmon farming

17th July 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Holyrood’s Rural Affairs & Islands (RAI) Committee has launched a follow-up inquiry to ask if recommendations made to the Scottish Government in 2018, to address economic, social and environmental issues related to…

22nd May 2024

Scottish salmon farming inquiry launched

22nd May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish government sees a bright future for aquaculture, but it also recognises that it’s not all plain sailing for the industry, new Minister for Employment & Investment Tom Arthur told attendees at…

14th May 2024

Scottish aquaculture open for business

14th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scottish mackerel has been boosted by a surge in sales to Japan, with demand anticipated to grow even more.

19th April 2024

Demand from Japan boosts Scottish mackerel

19th April 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Three major players in the Scottish seafood sector are joining forces to establish a new business in Peterhead processing Scottish whitefish.

17th April 2024

New sustainable whitefish processor for Scotland

17th 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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre has been celebrating a decade of upskilling with a afternoon of networking and discussion.

7th February 2024

SAIC marks a decade of aquaculture upskilling

7th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms and Mowi are trialling a new farm consent process aimed at bringing swifter decisions with greater community engagement.

2nd February 2024

New planning process trialled in Scotland

2nd February 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway-based maritime system supplier Brunvoll AS has signed a contract with Westcon Yards for the delivery of an array of products to new pelagic fishing vessel Quantus – for owner MV Quantus…

14th December 2023

Brunvoll lands Scottish newbuild propulsion contract

14th December 2023

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Gael Force Group has signed an exclusive agreement to partner with Dutch shipyard Nauplius Workboats to build its range of SeaFeed steel feed barges.

12th December 2023

Taking steel feed barge builds to new heights

12th December 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Karstensens Skibsværft and Klondyke Fishing Company have chosen a broad equipment range from Brunvoll AS for the new fishing vessel Chris Andra.

15th November 2023

Another Karstensens fishing newbuild contract for Brunvoll

15th November 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Redundancies have been made at Bakkafrost which the company says is directly due to a decrease in harvest volumes and the new Faroese revenue tax.

14th November 2023

Faroese revenue tax blamed for Bakkafrost job losses

14th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scottish government-funded study seeks to expand the knowledge and understanding of seabird by-catches in the offshore longline fishery for hake in UK and EU waters. This is being done through new data…

2nd November 2023

Understanding seabird interaction in Scottish longline fisheries

2nd November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A business support initiative designed to boost the adoption of cyber-secure Internet of Things (IoT) technologies among SMEs has secured additional funding to reach more companies from across a range of sectors…

23rd October 2023

Aquaculture IOT programme funding boost

23rd October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A video on the Scottish pelagic industry-science data collection programme aims to highlight the benefits the scheme brings to fisheries management and the marine environment.

10th October 2023

Pelagic sector highlights benefits of collecting good data

10th October 2023