Aqua Nor to get the royal treatment again

CROWN Prince Haakon of Norway is to attend the official opening of the Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim this August. The visit marks the 20th time in the biennial event’s 40-year history that a member of the Norwegian royal family has been present at the show. Aqua Nor is the world\’s largest trade exhibition for…

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Sea lice legislation next year says Ewing

THE Scottish government is to introduce new legislation next year requiring all marine fish farms to report weekly sea lice levels, one week in arrears, it was announced today. Fergus Ewing, Rural Economy and Connectivity Secretary, outlined the first part of a programme of regulatory reform in the industry, following two parliamentary inquiries into the…

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Don’t forget to vote – for industry prize night

THERE are just five days left to vote for the People’s Choice award in next week’s Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards. The winners of all eight categories will be announced at a special ceremony at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Wednesday, May 29. This year, the event has been opened up to international entrants, and the…

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Minister to open awards day seminar

FERGUS Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy minister, is to open the aquaculture seminar in Edinburgh later this month, to be held before the 2019 Aquaculture Awards. He will also be present at the awards ceremony, at Dynamic Earth in the Scottish capital. The awards organisers, the Fish Site, welcomed global entrants for the first time, and…

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Working on a supply chain gang

PLANS to create an organisation representing Scotland’s aquaculture supply chain were mooted during a workshop in Edinburgh yesterday. The meeting, opened by Rural Economy minister Fergus Ewing and bringing together around 90 people from across the industry, looked at how businesses could accelerate growth. The event, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, emerged from the…

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Industry talks to itself about growth

AQUACULTURE industry representatives from around Scotland are holding a meeting in Edinburgh today to discuss how to accelerate the sector’s growth. But despite industry leaders’ stated aim of improving transparency as a criteria of expansion, the gathering, of nearly 100 delegates, is to take place behind closed doors. The decision not to invite press and…

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Ewing upbeat on post-Brexit market

THERE are opportunities post-Brexit for Scotland’s seafood industry to grab a bigger share of the world market, once the practical challenges are overcome. This was the message from Rural Economy minister Fergus Ewing to delegates at the Seafood Summit in Aberdeen this morning. Highlighting the importance of the sector to the Scottish, and UK, economy,…

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Focus on Brexit effect at summit

RURAL Economy minister Fergus Ewing will address the Seafood Summit in Aberdeen on Wednesday as the industry awaits the outcome of the latest Brexit deliberations. The focus of the summit, organised by industry body Seafish, is on the impact of the UK leaving the EU, which was due to take place this week, on March…

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Holyrood hears salmon farm defence

BIG landed interests have been attacking the salmon industry in Scotland for many years and their portrayal of the sector was unrecognisable, said Shetland MSP and former Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott. Speaking in a debate in the Scottish parliament today on the future of salmon farming, Scott said islands such as Unst and Yell…

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Salmon status quo not an option: Ewing

THE success of Scotland’s aquaculture sector reaches far and wide and has driven a resurgence in subsidiary businesses, according to Scotland’s Rural Economy Minister, Fergus Ewing. In a detailed written response to the report on salmon farming published by Holyrood’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC), which undertook an inquiry into the industry last year, Ewing…

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