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Community Talk on European Eels

Meeting with Gillian Martin MSP

RIFG Chairs will be meeting with Gillian Martin MSP on November 16th 2023 and would like to hear from stakeholders on any matters they would like raised with he...

Outcome of Coastal States consultations on mackerel, blue wh...

Consultations between the Coastal States and Fishing Parties in the North-East Atlantic: the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Russian F...

Orkney Fishermen’s Society Saved

Orkney Fishermen’s Society, which operates one of the UKs premier brown crab factories, processing and marketing up to 3,000 tons of crab per annum, ...

Ban on wet wipes containing plastic moves closer

Progress towards protecting Scottish waters

Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2022

The Scottish Government today published the Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2022.

Bringing the ocean into climate conversations

Scotland’s Climate Week is an annual event in Scottish Government’s Let’s Do Net Zero campaign that encourages individuals, communities and businesses to come t...

Funding announced to support protection and restoration of w...

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands announced over £500,000 in funding to support the protection and recovery of wild salmon.

Pink salmon: an invasive non-native species

The Scottish Government is working with Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS), NatureScot and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to co-ordinate a m...

How Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon are faring

Every year scientists from the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government assess the status of 173 Scottish salmon stocks using information collected from ri...

New fisheries measures announced

Next steps to ensure sustainable fisheries in Scotland.