Science with industry initiatives

Science with industry initiatives

What role can the marine industry play in delivering scientific information relevant to ICES advice and marine research? This article in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea newsletter, published on 18 July 2019, reports on an ICES workshop on the...
Scots pelagic fishermen scoop sustainability award

Scots pelagic fishermen scoop sustainability award

The Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association and Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) won the Fishing News Sustainability Award last week (16 May) for their study on scientific self-sampling The project, which included the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, Scottish...
The power of science – mackerel stock in good shape

The power of science – mackerel stock in good shape

The Power of Science, by Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group Fisheries science and the calculation of stock sizes of individual species – or Spawning Stock Biomass as it is known – is an incredibly complex process, but absolutely vital in...
Scots mackerel fishers welcome ICES report

Scots mackerel fishers welcome ICES report

Following the publication last week by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES Report that reviews the methods used in the 2018 Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock assessment, which concludes that there were flaws in the methodology due to issues...