The Scottish Salmon Company has unveiled plans to create over 100 jobs across the West Coast and islands of Scotland within the next five years.

Scotland has seen a massive 55 per cent rise in food and drink exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

NORWAY'S Fisheries Minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen has pledged to help the European Union with its reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

A flexible in-line freezing system from Starfrost has boosted business at a major seafood production facility in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire.

Following on from the announcement of some shellfish monitoring contracts last month, the Food Standards Agency has now awarded contracts for shellfish sampling across nine local authority areas in Scotland.

Four more crab companies have joined the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council.

The Prince of Wales says that despite evidence about the continued decline of the world’s fish stocks there is real cause for optimism about the future of this vital resource.

The Scottish Government has just reported that a total of 362 seals were shot in the first nine months of 2011 under its new 'Seal Licence' scheme, introduced at the beginning of the year. In 2012, 58 licences have been issued to shoot a maximum of 1,100 seals.

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Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has today (Thursday February 2 2012) launched a public consultation process on how to harness the potential of Ireland’s vast marine resource

“We had record revenues in quarter four... and we had excellent profitability, in the top end of our target range,” said Theo Hoen, CEO of Marel, when the company’s results for 2011 were presented this morning, 2 February, at a meeting with market participants and investors.

Over 200 guests from 23 countries as far apart as Australia and Canada and representing 93 key industry companies gathered in Nørresundby, Denmark, this morning for the opening of the 11th annual Marel Salmon Showhow.

THE Scottish salmon producer, Loch Duart Ltd, has invested in a newly formed salmon farming company in Nova Scotia.

THE Sound of Barra marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) consultation period has now ended, but local opposition to the proposal remains considerable.

Chile's exports of fishery products and aquaculture reached a value of USD 4,228 million in the first 11 months of 2011.