Seafish

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Scottish Ocean Cluster – a new collaborative effort between Seafood Scotland, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Opportunity North East, Aberdeenshire Council and Zero Waste Scotland – has already enjoyed significant success…

10th June 2025

Seafood Scotland CEO Donna Fordyce: Cluster will bring more value without adding environmental or social pressures

10th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Businesses looking to establish or expand seaweed farms in marine English waters can now benefit from new comprehensive regulatory guidance. The new document, developed by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture…

5th June 2025

UK issues new regulatory guidance for seaweed aquaculture businesses

5th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish will have seven seafood industry priority areas in the year ahead, the UK non-departmental public body (NDPB) has confirmed. As part of its 2025/26 annual plan, the focus will be on: Workforce, safety, careers and…

27th May 2025

Seafish to help UK seafood progress innovation, trade and resilience

27th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Access to skilled labour continues to be the leading employment challenge facing the UK fishing fleet, according to a new report by Seafish.

19th May 2025

Labour shortage hits UK fishing

19th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Salmon has retained its position as the UK’s favourite fish, with new figures revealing sales soared to GBP 1.5 billion last year amid continued strong demand.

29th April 2025

UK salmon sales soar to £1.5bn

29th April 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Now is a good time to be a UK fishmonger, according to Sue MacKenzie, President of the National Federation of Fishmongers, with the trade going through something of a renaissance as independent…

15th April 2025

Independent fishmongers helping Brits embrace seafood

15th April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

UK public body Seafish is encouraging processing businesses to participate in its annual processing survey, this year running from April to June.

8th April 2025

UK 2025 seafood processing canvass gets underway

8th April 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Seafish’s Kingfisher Bulletin safety app has been revamped to provide clearer offshore hazard alerts and more personalised safety information for UK fishermen.

25th February 2025

A revamped app to boost fishing safety

25th February 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish has teamed up with the fishing community in the north-west of England to promote the health benefits of the thornback ray, an underused fish species found in UK waters.

30th January 2025

WATCH: Seafish champions underused thornback ray

30th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Leading UK retailer Tesco has announced plans to implement the Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT) across its seafood supply chain and products. Its aim is to be net-zero across its full value chain…

28th January 2025

Tesco commits to seafood carbon emissions profiling

28th January 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Seafish has teamed up with the RNLI to deliver vital training aimed at reducing the risk of fishermen falling overboard and improving their survival chances if they do.

22nd January 2025

Seafish and RNLI launch survival training

22nd January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood processors and traders have a new unified voice to promote the sector following the launch of the UK Seafood Federation (UKSF). The new membership organisation is an amalgamation of the…

21st January 2025

New member organisation launched to unite UK processors and traders

21st January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood restaurants and takeaways have an exciting opportunity to attract and engage customers by highlighting the numerous health benefits of their dishes. That’s the message from three multi-award-winning businesses, recognised for…

10th January 2025

Brits urged to get onboard with seafood

10th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of seafood imported into the United Kingdom in 2023 was nearly four and a half times greater than the value of fish landed into the country, according to the latest…

17th December 2024

Seafish: Demand slowing for UK seafood

17th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood businesses are increasingly adopting a new tool designed to help measure and reduce their carbon footprints.

15th November 2024

Seafood industry adopts carbon profiling tool

15th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood industry body has added two new members to its board, Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright.  

12th November 2024

Seafish appoints new board members

12th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK’s seafood landscape has changed dramatically and became a lot more challenging in the four years that followed 2019, but 2024 has brought some green shoots of recovery, according to Seafish…

29th October 2024

UK seafood loses £1bn in four years

29th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK seafood industry is being encouraged to share positive and uplifting stories to support a new campaign aimed at improving the general public’s perceptions of seafood and its production. 

27th August 2024

Seafood for Life looks to improve industry reputation

27th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new report highlights the future challenges facing the UK’s wild capture seafood industry as a result of climate change.

19th August 2024

Report warns of climate risk for UK seafood

19th August 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

UK public body Seafish has launched end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys to help minimise waste and encourage greater recycling.

7th August 2024

End-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys launched

7th August 2024