Innovating for Change: Reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026
As the year draws to a close and we look back on 2025, Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability would like to thank all our partners for their ongoing collaboration and commitment to creating the conditions that can drive innovation for a prosperous and sustainable UK seafood industry. Championing projects that will
Innovative Nephrops Handling Machine Wins Catch Welfare Award
We are thrilled that our innovative Nephrops machine has been awarded the first ever Catch Welfare Innovation Award by the Catch Welfare Platform in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Announced today (Wednesday, 19 November) at the platform’s annual conference, the award comes in recognition of the pioneering machine’s potential in terms of
Call for Expressions of Interest: Economic Analysis of Novel Machine
Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) is the coalition of experts driving innovation for a prosperous and sustainable UK seafood industry. We invite Expressions of Interest (EoI) from applicants to address the research requirement outlined below. The EoI period will close on Friday 31 October. Project summary FIS will commission an
Pioneering Prawn Stunning and Tailing Machine Nets Funding For Next Phase
A pioneering project led by Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS), and involving a unique coalition of seafood supply chain businesses, has secured funding from Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to drive forward the next phase of development of its innovative prawn stunning and tailing machine,
A plan for change – FIS’s reaction to new fisheries fund
The saying ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’ is nonsense. Anyone with animals knows that a free horse could cost dearly in vet bills, so checking all orifices is exactly what you should do. Reactions to the £360m Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund have been similarly sceptical. The