Scallop Industry Helps Map The Seabed
UK - Scallop fishermen from across the UK are helping scientists and fishery managers with an initiative to produce more accurate maps of the seabed to improve management...

Salmon Escape from Argyll Farm
SCOTLAND, UK - Up to 60,000 salmon have escaped from a fish farm in Argyll, raising fears about the spread of disease among wild fish.

Scallop Industry Moves to Become More Sustainable
UK - The Scallop Industry has appointed an expert to develop a code of conduct for sustainable scalloping.

Method Distinguishes Wild and Farmed Salmon
UK - A new technology examining the chemistry of fish scales has been developed to tell the difference between farmed and wild salmon.

Environment Agency Relocates 300 River Itchen Fish
UK - Environment Agency Fisheries Officers from the Fradley Park offices in Lichfield have relocated about 300 fish in the River Itchen at Long Itchington near Warwick...

Scottish Petition Says Save Our Salmon
SCOTLAND - Salmon and Trout Association petition calls on Scottish Government to act without delay – by relocating salmon farms away from the estuaries of major...

Petition Calls for Relocation of Salmon Farms
SCOTLAND, UK - A petition calling for the urgent relocation of salmon farms away from the estuaries of major salmon rivers in Scotland has raised more than 9000...

Salmon Industry Reacts to Seal Slaughter Accusations
SCOTLAND, UK - Scott Landsburgh, Chief Executive of the industry’s trade body, Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), said today: “Scottish fish farmers...

Salmon Report Condemned for Ignorance
SCOTLAND, UK - Salmon and sea trout fishermen condemned as a whitewash a Scottish government report yesterday that concluded that the reasons for the decline in...

Chinese Crab Invades the Thames
UK - The Huge-clawed Mitten Crab that has arrived in the UK by ship could cause untold damage, experts at WWF and Natural History Museum warn.

The Cost of Silent Invaders
UK - Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries, coastal communities and infrastructure are spreading as the world’s shipping nations continue to...

£200,000 Salmon Lost From Farm in Boat Crash
UK - More than 12,000 live salmon worth £200,000 were lost at a Hebridean fish farm when a Norwegian boat crashed into a fish pen.

Certification for Scottish Mussels
UK - Scottish mussels produced by the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group are set to become the first rope-grown mussels in the world to achieve Marine Stewardship...

Seafish Add up 'The Price of Fish' to Economy
UK - The British seafood industry leads the world in sustainable practice and delivers more than £5 billion of GVA to the UK economy, according to a new report...

SFF Respond to End of the Line Documentary
SCOTLAND, UK - The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says the new documentary, End of the Line, portrays an excessively gloomy and over-simplistic picture of global...

Campaign Cast to Promote Fish Conservation
GLOBE – Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) has made a commitment to source all seafood sold in its retail locations from sustainable sources by the end of 2013.

Framework Gives Scottish Fish Farms Room to Grow
SCOTLAND, UK - A new strategy aimed at increasing Scotland's share of the world's fastest growing food-producing sector has been unveiled.

Fourth Case of ISA in Shetlands
UK - Government inspectors have found a fourth case of the deadly salmon disease Infectious Salmon Anaemia in the disease control zone off Shetland’s south west...

SFF Reacts to EC Fishing Opportunity Document
SCOTLAND, UK - The Scottish Fisheries Federation (SFF) have responded to the European Commission's document on ‘Fishing Opportunity for 2010’.

Royal Society Eyes Danger in Fish Farm Clusters
UK - Salmon farms clustered on the migratory route of wild salmon could be killing large numbers of fish in the wild, according to scientists writing today in...

Scottish Fisheries Project Receives Trust's Support
SCOTLAND, UK - An ambitious drive to help secure Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for two key North Sea fisheries has successfully achieved funding...

Scottish Marine Bill is Launched - Now for Feedback
SCOTLAND, UK - Views are being sought on proposals to change the way competing demands on Scotland’s coastline and coastal waters are managed.

Climate Change: Acidic Oceans Pose Threat to Fish
UK - The oceans are becoming more acidic at a faster rate than for 65 million years as a result of climate change, a report warns.

Seafish Welcomes Green Paper Reform
UK - Seafish, the authority on seafood, welcomes the Commission’s green paper on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which was released today.

England Acts as Salmon Disappear from Rivers
UK - Salmon may stop returning to England's rivers as climate change forces the fish further north, according to scientists.