Seaweed producer is a double winner in Food & Drink Awards

The Scottish Seaweed Company was a winner in two categories in the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, which were held last night.

Two products in the company’s Shore range of snacks were declared best in class: its Peking Duck Seaweed Chips were named Healthier Choice Product of the Year, while Shore Sweet Sriracha Seaweed Chips won in the Snacks and Accompaniments category.

The overall winner on the night as Scottish Product of the Year was another seafood offering, the Fishwife Pie from Carnoustie-based restaurant and piemaker WeeCOOK

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New name and brand for ECMA awards

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Seawork, the European commercial marine & workboats exhibition, has announced a new brand for its prestigious European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs). From next year’s event, taking place at Seawork 2025 in June next year, these will be known as the Seawork Awards.

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WiSA 2024 awards winners announced

Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) marked International Women’s Day, and the fifth anniversary of the network’s launch, by announcing the winners of the annual WiSA awards. The awards, across five categories, were based on nominations from the network’s almost 400 members, and judged by an independent panel. WiSA’s Rising Star of 2024 was awarded to…

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Subsea UK awards finalists announced

The finalists for the 2024 Subsea Expo Awards have been announced ahead of the ceremony taking place in Aberdeen next month. Organised by Global Underwater Hub, the leading trade and industry development body for the UK’s underwater industry, the prestigious annual event will take place on Wednesday, 21 February at P&J Live. Fourteen companies have…

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Fish farm trainees shortlisted for Lantra awards

Trainees from three aquaculture companies have been short-listed for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills, known as the ALBAS. Scottish Sea Farms, Cooke Aquaculture and Bakkafrost will all be represented at the awards event, which will take place at the Crieff Hydro on Thursday 7 March 2024. Hamish MacLean (pictured, above) from Tobermory…

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Innovation award for University of Stirling researcher

University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacarias has been named as the winner of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Innovation Award for 2020. Zacarias edged out two other finalists — Pablo Berner of Nuseed and Mark Luecke of Prairie AquaTech — to win the competition, which was sponsored by Lineage Logistics. All three finalists were featured…

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2020 Aquaculture Award winners

THE international aquaculture industry united digitally recently for the much-anticipated results of the 2020 Aquaculture Awards. The awards, recognise and reward the excellence that is vital to the continuing development of a sustainable worldwide aquaculture industry – highlighting the impressive array of talents, achievements, and technical innovations on offer within this fast-growing sector.  Although there…

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