by SPSG | Mar 26, 2025 | News
The Scottish Government has two Second Officer vacancies within the Marine Directorate. More details on the posts at: https://tinyurl.com/5n8ny4p2
by SPSG | Mar 7, 2025 | News
The photo here shows Ian Gatt, the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA), along with wife Louise at the investiture for his CBE at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh (4 March). He was made a CBE in last year’s King’s Birthday...
by SPSG | Feb 19, 2025 | News
The blue whiting fishery for the Scottish pelagic fleet has now commenced, with the Peterhead based vessels Pathway and Lunar Bow the first to head to the Atlantic grounds, with several other boats joining in the coming days. The fishery is taking place off Donegal in...
by SPSG | Feb 14, 2025 | News
An article has been published in The Telegraph extolling the health benefits of eating kippers (smoked herring), and which also revealed that Waitrose sales of this relatively cheap and omega-3 rich fish is up by 45 per cent compared to last year. The article by Emily...
by SPSG | Feb 10, 2025 | News
The Atlanto Scandian herring season for the Scottish fleet is now underway, with the quota this year marginally up by three per cent, although the UK has only two per cent of the overall total allowable catch (TAC), making it a very short fishery. Around 10 Scottish...