Land: UK

Moray harbour is on re-development progress which could see commercial fishing boats share the waters with pleasure craft.

A meeting between the Crown Estate and the NFFO was held recently at our York Offices, to discuss ways of minimising the impact of Round 3 offshore wind-farms on the fishing industry. There is general agreement that the first two rounds, although much smaller in scale than the new round, offered little or no opportunity for the fishing industry to influence the siting of the wind-farms.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is calling for urgent action to

Further help for Scottish aquculture, including the possible lifting of

Credit crunch decreases the demand for fresh fish and a quay-side prices plunge of more than 20 percent.

Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead met with Scotland’s fishing industry leaders today to discuss the impact of the current economic crisis and the implementation of the days at sea regime.

Fisheries Research Services (FRS), Aberdeen and NAFC Marine Centre, Shetland, have agreed to go for joint research on fish project

Oceanic Tuna Limited (OTL), Scottish aquaculture company, has announced two commercial projects for new species.

NFFO has expressed its response to the Interim Outcome of Consultation Report February 2009.

Infectious Salmon Anaemia has affected the package of financial support for small and medium-sized fish- farming companies.