by SPSG | May 15, 2023 | News
Fisheries data collection through industry-science partnerships have significant potential to support stock assessments and sustainable management, but few studies have described the steps to ensure a successful partnership. A new paper – The road to...
by SPSG | Apr 5, 2023 | News
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) – a seafood industry organisation dedicated to ensuring stock sustainability for mackerel and herring – has criticised the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest update to its ‘Good Fish Guide’, which has downgraded...
by SPSG | Apr 3, 2023 | News
The blue whiting fishery for the Scottish fleet is progressing well with the fish slowly making their way northwards and boats currently targeting their efforts west of Barra Head in the Outer Isles. Around a dozen Scottish boats are working the fishery, landing their...
by SPSG | Mar 2, 2023 | News
Dr Steven Mackinson of the SPFA recently gave a Buckland Foundation talk at Cefas in Lowestoft reflecting on industry participation in fisheries science. Listen to the talk here:
by SPSG | Feb 21, 2023 | News
This article by Ian Gatt, chairman Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group, was published in The Scotsman on 16 February, 2023 The blue whiting is one of Scotland’s lesser-known commercial fish yet has an important role and value to the Scottish catching and processing...