Scotland

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Macduff Shipyards Limited recently signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel Excel BF 110 to owner/skipper Derek Watt and his son Philip. This new fishing vessel replaces the owner’s previous vessel of the same…

8th June 2023

Macduff delivers new Excel to Scotland

8th June 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Small-scale, low-impact salmon farmer Loch Duart has confirmed it has switched its feed to BioMar’s new Blue Impact diet that the aquafeed producer launched last year. The northwest Scotland company is the…

2nd June 2023

Scottish farmer first with BioMar’s latest feed

2nd June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is supporting a further six innovation projects valued at £2.5 million, bringing the total number it has funded to 100.

16th May 2023

SAIC funds landmark aquaculture project

16th May 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The public consultation process on Scottish government plans to designate at least 10% of the country’s seas as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) has now closed, Net Zero and Just Transition Secretary…

19th April 2023

Government ‘listening’ as HPMA consultation closes

19th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Atlantic salmon producer Mowi ASA harvested 102,500 tonnes of gutted weight equivalent (GWE) fish in the first-quarter of this year, some 5,500 tonnes more than in the corresponding period of 2022, and…

18th April 2023

Higher first-quarter harvest for Mowi, earnings rise

18th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The volume of salmon harvested in the Faroe Islands by the Bakkafrost Group in the first-quarter of this year decreased by 6,500 tonnes year-on-year to the equivalent of 11,000 tonnes head-on gutted…

6th April 2023

Bakkafrost’s Scottish salmon harvest doubles

6th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishery and community groups that want to help save Scotland’s wild salmon have been urged to bid for a share of a £145,000 funding pot. Organisations and projects have until 31 March…

20th March 2023

Final funding call for Scottish salmon protection

20th March 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The design of new trawler Venture IV for skipper and owner Mark Lovie led Macduff Shipyards and partner company Macduff Ship Design to some fresh thinking, with their new ideas backed by…

6th March 2023

New bow designs for better performance

6th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Loch Long Salmon is appealing a decision rejecting a new semi-closed containment farm at Beinn Reithe near Arrochar, Scotland, arguing that the plans have been ‘misunderstood’.

6th February 2023

Salmon farm appeal

6th February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

HebNet, a community interest company that delivers superfast broadband to some of Scotland’s most isolated communities, has secured funding from salmon producers to support further improvements in connectivity.

26th January 2023

Farmers back rural internet

26th January 2023