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‘A new sheet of paper’ for fishers and fish farmers, but not in Skerries
12 Dec 2025 16:21 GMT
Sheila Keith, Shetland Fishermen's Association executive officer, speaking with members of Scottish Sea Farm's environmental and permitting team.Representatives from the fishing and fish farming industries clashed over preliminary plans for a …
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‘Morally wrong’ — fishermen double down on objection to plans for Britain’s largest fish farm
05 Dec 2025 14:23 GMT
Yell Sound, where Fish Holm has been proposed. Photo: SSFFishing representatives decried Britain’s would-be largest salmon farm, Fish Holm in Yell Sound, as “morally wrong” in resubmitted objections to an ongoing planning application.
The plans, filed by …
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Fish farm would be “biggest ever loss to fishing industry”
29 Nov 2025 08:32 GMT
… to conditions, for a fish farm off the east coast of … objected to the North Gravir Fish Farm proposal, stating it “would … large volumes of prawns, scallops, and brown crab that … wild fish originate from the fish farms,” WIDSFB has clarified.
Bakkafrost …
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Nova Scotia advocacy group takes aim at province's bid to promote open-net fish farms
11 Sep 2025 08:16 GMT
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia advocacy group opposed to open-net salmon farms is criticizing the provincial government’s new coastal mapping tool, saying it does little more than promote an industry that deserves more scrutiny.
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia advocacy …
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Umaine alumnus scallop farm featured in Emmy-nominated documentary
19 Aug 2025 20:25 GMT
… THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
A scallop farm based in Belfast and co …
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Tsunami damages oyster and scallop farms across northern Japan
06 Aug 2025 03:49 GMT
… Kaneki Suisan’s oyster and scallop farm in Kesennuma suffered extensive damage …
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Maine OKs plans for state’s largest scallop farm
23 Jul 2025 22:29 GMT
A Maine company growing scallops in Penobscot Bay that wanted to expand its operations nearly tenfold got a slightly reduced version of those plans approved by the state on Tuesday, more than three years after starting the process.
Vertical Bay is one of …
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Thomaston maker of scallop-farm gear sweeps all categories in Dirigo Labs pitch contest
11 Jun 2025 16:12 GMT
A Thomaston startup that developed a new type of scallop farming grow cage scooped up $25,000 in cash prizes at a pitch competition held by Dirigo Labs in Waterville.
Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber, swept the competition’s three prize …
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PBS doc featuring Maine scallop farm catches Emmy nomination
24 May 2025 00:02 GMT
… keeping oceans healthy.
Belfast-based scallop farm Vertical Bay Maine’s efforts …
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State considers expanding lease of Penobscot Bay scallop farm, making it the largest in Maine
05 May 2025 21:18 GMT
… the largest lease for a scallop farm in Maine.
Vertical Bay owner …