Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability2023-09-13T15:02:00+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

808, 2023

New Innovations in Satellite Technology

August 8, 2023|Categories: Digitalisation, News|

Since 2021, FIS has partnered with the nature-tech company Space Intelligence to explore how satellite technology can support the seafood industry. Space Intelligence have produced a series of reports (see here), discussing how satellites and remote sensing

2906, 2023

Smartrawl: AI-empowered fishing net to help prevent marine bycatch

June 29, 2023|Categories: News, Smartrawl|

Smartrawl - an underwater robotic sorting device which helps fishing trawlers prevent bycatch by identifying and sizing fish and other marine life in real-time - is being developed by researchers from Heriot-Watt University in partnership with FIS,

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