Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability2024-11-18T12:47:10+00:00

Since 2014, FIS has leveraged more than £3million in investment into innovation for sustainable UK seafood.

FIS WORK AREAS

FIS is currently focusing its efforts on the following three work areas.

All of our other past projects can be explored and searched for here.

Smartrawl

Smartrawl

Smartrawl puts the UK at the forefront of eliminating illegal discards and bycatch. FIS’s AI-aided precision fishing system will allow skippers to retain commercially valuable catch while releasing other animals back into sea unharmed.

Vessels of the Future

Vessels of the Future

FIS is investigating how to decarbonise fishing vessels in ways that are practical, safe, and competitive for UK fleets. Our partner, Macduff Ship Design, has developed the first detailed plans for net zero UK fishing vessels.

Digitalisation

Digitalisation 

With our seafood supply chain partners, FIS tested how digital technologies can strengthen UK seafood markets by improving traceability and verification, supporting scientific data collection, and adding value to catches.

LATEST NEWS

605, 2025

First full-scale trials of AI aided Smartrawl – Phase 5 report now available

May 6, 2025|Categories: News, Smartrawl|Tags: , , , , , |

Earlier this year, field trials in Shetland marked the first full-scale deployment of Smartrawl, the eagerly awaited solution to fisheries discards and bycatch. Despite winter weather, the fully integrated system was successfully deployed and recovered from a small

1903, 2025

FIS collaboration assesses potential for demersal whitefish trap fishery

March 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

A collaboration between FIS and Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate assessed the potential for a demersal whitefish trap fishery to offer commercial potential for some sectors of the fishing industry while responding to pressures on the marine space, environmental

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