Posts Tagged ‘Michael Gove’
£10 million pledge to the seafood industry
MICHAEL Gove, the UK Environment Secretary has unveiled a new £10 million Innovation Fund for the seafood industry which includes a pledge to use new technology to improve sustainable fish farming. Emphasis is being placed on the potential use of artificial intelligence by both fish farmers and fishermen which could help them double return on…
Read MoreProtect our exports, seafood sector urges Gove
REPRESENTATIVES of Scotland’s seafood sector have called on the UK government to do more to protect seafood exports to Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Members from both the farmed and caught sectors met Environment Secretary Michael Gove in London today to discuss plans following Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, due to take…
Read MoreScotland to get new fishery powers
MICHAEL Gove today unveiled a Fisheries Bill in Parliament which includes giving Scottish ministers considerable new powers over how to control fishing after Brexit. The Environment Secretary formally introduced long awaited legislation that the UK needs to operate as an independent coastal state after leaving the EU. For the first time since 1973, when Britain…
Read MoreGove welcomes Stirling innovation
THE Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, visited Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) this week to see how cutting edge research is positioning the UK at the forefront of the global aquaculture industry. The University of Stirling has more than 40 years of partnership and collaboration with the aquaculture industry, pioneering the development of scientific techniques, technologies…
Read MoreConquer disease with gene editing: Gove
BRITAIN could see a new approach to genetically edited crops and animals after Brexit, Environment Secretary Michael Gove suggested yesterday. Gene editing – which speeds up the practice of selective breeding but, unlike genetic modification, does not introduce new genes from another species – is still in its infancy. But Gove (pictured) said the technology…
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