Funding secured to drive Scottish Ocean Cluster’s growth
A contribution of more than £15,000 of funding from Marine Fund Scotland will enable the next stage of development for the Scottish Ocean Cluster, which aims to unlock three times…
Scottish Ocean Cluster set to boost side-stream values
Aimed at unlocking three times more value from Scotland’s seafood industry side streams, in the six months since its launch the Scottish Ocean Cluster has received an initial round of…
Seafood Scotland looks to European markets
The national trade and marketing body for Scottish seafood has recruited an experienced, bilingual export marketing professional to further develop its networks in key European markets. French national Marie-Anne Omnes has been…
Seafood Scotland CEO joins four-nations Council to boost UK food and drink exports
As the Department for International Trade launches its Food and Drink Export Council, Seafood Scotland chief executive Donna Fordyce is participating as a founding member to represent Scottish fish and…
Economic link requirement to support Scotland’s seafood sector
New measures to boost Scotland’s seafood sector and the wider supply chain have been set out by Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon. This details how the fishing and aquaculture sectors…
Mentoring programme inspires Scottish seafood sector
The mentoring programme set up by Seafood Scotland and VisitScotland’s to inspire and cultivate the growth of seafood tourism in Scotland has been shown to be a great success, with…
Going beyond the boat to diversify seafood businesses
Seafood Scotland has launched an innovation programme to stimulate new seafood tourism initiatives. The pilot will see the trade body work with organisations to explore and support business diversification and…
Seafood industry in a ‘more challenging’ position post Brexit
Seafood Scotland has published its vision for the Scottish seafood sector post-Brexit. Earlier this year it commissioned a wide-ranging report which examined the current state of play, and the hurdles…
Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon MSP Image: mairigougeon.scot
Support for Scottish industry hit by Brexit and Covid-19
Funding of £1.8 million aims to help Scottish seafood businesses recover from the severe economic impacts of Brexit and Covid-19. The funding, managed by trade marketing body Seafood Scotland, will…
Seafood Scotland chief executive Donna Fordyce. Image: Alan Richardson
Scottish seafood loses out – on home and export markets
Commenting on figures showing that exports of Scottish fish and shellfish were down by 83% in January this year, Seafood Scotland chief executive Donna Fordyce has said that February and…