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
Success for first test of pioneering machine
A team of seafood experts has broken new ground in on board automation. For the first time, a prototype ‘stunning and tailing’ machine has been tested at sea on a commercial fishing boat catching nephrops (langoustine) to be made into scampi. The ability to stun and tail nephrops at sea
First full-scale trials of AI aided Smartrawl – Phase 5 report now available
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 fishing vessel. The report on this Phase of Smartrawl’s development is available
FIS collaboration assesses potential for demersal whitefish trap fishery
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 concerns and future fisheries policy. The project aims to find out whether
Creating conditions for seafood innovation
(This article was originally published by Fishing News. You can find their article here.) The 10th anniversary of Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) sees it examine its role for the next decade – which requires input from those at the sharp end of the industry, as well as looking