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Scottish autumn mackerel fishery now underway
The traditional end-of-the-year autumn mackerel fishery is now underway with Scottish boats...
Make mackerel your catch of the day
The following feature appeared in The Press & Journal and The Courier weekend food magazines...
Scots pelagic fishers committed to reducing carbon emissions
In this article, Ian Gatt CBE, chief executive Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, outlines...
How co-sampling and self-sampling works
Here, we give a summary of the technical steps involved in the innovative Scottish pelagic...
Data collection scheme will help ensure a sustainable future
The comprehensive way members of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association have embraced the...
Scottish pelagic data collection programme paves way for further collaboration
Dr Katie Brigden, Pelagic Fisheries Scientist at UHI Shetland, says it is remarkable how quickly...
New SPFA chairman keen to address challenges facing sector
Richard Williamson, the new chair of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA), says he...
put tasty Scottish ‘silver darlings’ on the menu
The main North Sea herring fishery is about to get underway - the only herring fishery in the...
Naming ceremony for new Shetland pelagic trawler
On Saturday, July 6, at the Zamakona shipyard in the port of Bilbao, the naming ceremony took...
New chair and vice-chair of THE SPFA
Alex Wiseman has retired as chair of the Scottish Pelagic...
UK agrees deal on mackerel with Norway and the Faroes
Scottish pelagic fishermen have given a cautious welcome to a suite of agreements reached between...
Ian Gatt made a CBE for services to Scottish fishing
Ian Gatt, the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, has been awarded a...