Salmon Scotland welcomes HPMAs climb-down
Industry body Salmon Scotland has welcomed the news that the plan to designate a tenth of Scottish waters as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) by 2026 has been shelved. Under […] Continue Reading
Scottish Sea Farms backs beach cleanup for fifth year
For the fifth year running, salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms is taking part in the Great British Beach Clean, helping to clear debris from the coastline around Shetland, Orkney and […] Continue Reading
Scottish Sea Farms staff set to clean up
Scottish Sea Farms is scaling up its involvement in the Great British Beach Clean, mobilising employees and their friends, families and local communities to tackle rubbish washed up on shore […] Continue Reading
Scotland adds four new Marine Protected Areas
Minke whales, basking sharks and Risso’s dolphins will be among a wide range of biodiversity and geological features to be safeguarded following the designation of four new Marine Protected Areas […] Continue Reading
Glenmorangie gets oysters growing again
A PROJECT between shellfish specialists and the Glenmorangie whisky distillery aims to recreate native oyster reefs in the Dornoch Firth, fished to extinction more than a century ago. The second […] Continue Reading
UK imposes ban on egg bearing lobsters
UK FISHERMEN have been told they can no longer land egg-bearing female lobsters and crayfish. The move, aimed at helping stock recovery, follows widespread government consultation which included a response […] Continue Reading
Public ‘should ignore’ warnings on haddock
THE Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has denounced advice over the state of UK haddock stocks as ‘silly’ and said consumers should carry on eating the species. The Marine Conservation Society has […] Continue Reading
Student wins conservation award
JACK Emmerson, PhD student at the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, has been awarded the Marine Conservation Society Wakefield Memorial Award for his project on ‘Sustainable static-gear fisheries […] Continue Reading
Scots court London fish and chip trade
SEAFOOD Scotland (SFS) led a trade mission to London at the end of September to help Scottish whitefish processors and fishermen explore the potential of the capital’s fish and chip […] Continue Reading