Announcement of FIS AGM
The 2022 FIS Annual General Meeting will take place in London on Tuesday 6th December 2022. FIS Trustees will formally receive the charity’s annual accounts. Following the AGM, the FIS Annual Report and Financial Statement will be available on the FIS website. For more information, get in touch with FIS
New Project – Net Zero Fishing Vessels
FIS are pleased to announce a new project in partnership with Macduff Ship Design, who will be developing concepts for net zero fishing vessels. This project has been developed in response to a need identified by experts at the FIS Vessels of the Future workshop held in April 2022, and a
Recent satellite innovations and opportunities for Scottish fishing
Last year, FIS asked Scottish tech experts Space Intelligence to explore how satellites could support the Scottish seafood sector (check out full details about the project here). As satellite technology is continually improving, Space Intelligence have reviewed new research and innovations from the last year, and published an additional report
Low Carbon Vessels – A Knowledge Exchange Trip to Norway
Following on from the FIS Vessels of the Future workshop earlier this year, FIS and the Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust invited James Duthie Jr, a skipper and naval architect from Fraserburgh, to participate in a knowledge exchange with Norway. James travelled to Norway to see innovations in reducing vessel
FIS hosts a workshop to discuss vessels of the future
In April, FIS was delighted to host a ‘Vessels of the Future’ workshop in Glasgow, where we explored energy efficiency measures that could transform how Scottish fishing vessels operate in years to come. More than 40 participants from Scotland, the rest of the UK and as far afield as Norway