Land: UK

Industry Representatives Quiz Richard Benyon M.P. on Secure & Sustainable Future for Fishing.

Seafood Scotland’s exciting Seafood in Schools programme is appearing at the Royal Highland Show this week, hosting workshops in the Royal Highland Education Trust’s Children’s Discovery Centre.

The NFFO is warning that industry must be given sufficient time to engage and present evidence in forthcoming consultations on European Marine Sites.

At the request of the Norwegian Government, the NFFO has presented the fishing industry’s views to what many regard as the temple of conservation – the Trondheim conference on biodiversity.

The agreement reached by the Council of Ministers in Brussels in the early hours of 15th May represents an important staging post on the tortuous passage to CFP reform.

The Demersal Working Group of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) travelled recently to Trondheim to meet with a delegation from the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association (Norges Fiskarlag).

A quarter of England’s primary schools are now serving MSC certified seafood after Solihull Council added MSC certification to its primary school menus.

For the 44th Consecutive year the UK Shellfish Industry will gather for the Annual Shellfish Association of Great Britain Conference being held over two days on 21st and 22nd May at Fishmongers’ Hall, London.

A successful visit to the north-east of Scotland by the organiser of the Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen 2013 fishing show has resulted in several new companies signing up to attend the event.