06 Mar 2025
A new collaborative study, carried out between River Carron Conservation Association (RCCA) and the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation at UHI Inverness, offers one of the most comprehensive investigations of conservation stocking of salmon in the United Kingdom. Photo by Gingerbreadmedia / Pixabay Wild salmon populations have suffered extreme declines in Scotland, […]
18 Feb 2025
Waitrose has promised to give its king prawns a humane death, after campaigners said the crustaceans feel pain. The “upmarket” supermarket said it will stop selling suffocated farmed prawns. When slaughtered, prawns are supposed to die from thermal shock in a mixture of ice and water, but campaigners say prawns can have a prolonged death […]
11 Feb 2025
Norway is the largest producer of farmed salmon in the world, exporting an estimated 1.2 million tonnes annually. However, wild salmon populations have more than halved, dropping from over 1 million in 1980 to around 500,000 today. While the climate crisis presents a key threat to wild salmon by reducing habitat availability and lowering population […]
14 Jan 2025
The Welsh Government has provided a boost for Welsh marine, aquaculture and fisheries industries by making £1.4 million of funds available. The scheme aims to ensure sustainable growth in the sector and help coastal communities prosper. The £1.4 million is available from £700,000 revenue and £700,000 capital. The application window will remain open […]
07 Jan 2025
The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has voiced support for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and their recent statement regarding the urgent need to safeguard the future of fishing and processing communities. SFF warned recently that their industry faces a twin threat to its future in 2025. Offshore wind farms in the North Sea and the prime minister’s ambitions to […]
24 Sep 2024
Plans to extend Scotland’s marine planning zones have been put out to public consultation for a total of 12 weeks. Extending local authority responsibilities Fish and shellfish farms require planning permission out to twelve nautical miles, however local authority responsibilities for planning controls currently only extend to three nautical miles. Under new proposals, the marine […]
17 Sep 2024
A 2022 study by Seafish and AFBI exploring water quality improvement by bivalve aquaculture (blue mussels, Pacific and Native oysters, Manila clams) in the UK was published early September 2024. The work titled “Ecosystem Services of Commercially Important Bivalves in the UK: Nutrient removal services” was supported by Longline Environment Ltd and the Fishmonger’s Company. […]
30 Jul 2024
Landings of wrasse species from the wild have been rapidly increasing, due to their usefulness as cleaner fish in salmon aquaculture facilities. Image: Goldsinny wrasse – Ctenolabrus rupestris. Credit seawater.no In May 2021, following calls from the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) and other stakeholders to strengthen the voluntary wrasse fishery management measures, […]
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