Seafood Scotland (SFS) has been awarded a contract by Scottish Enterprise to deliver an exciting new programme for fish processors called ‘Planning to Succeed’. This promotes the development of business and management skills of leaders in the fish processing sector, and SFS urges fish processors to get involved.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has released details of the swaps that allowed the North Sea Sole fishery to reopen last week.

EURONOR and the Compagnie des Pêches Saint Malo have applied jointly for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for their cod and haddock catches.

Scotland’s mackerel fishermen have joined their fishing colleagues in other EU member states by declaring a boycott of tomorrow’s (7 September) international fisheries meeting in the Faroe Islands because of the current dispute with Iceland and the Faroes over their decision to unilaterally increase mackerel quotas.