A SCOTTISH skipper has been made to pay £925 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to failing to keep a proper lookout and leaving the wheelhouse unattended – in an incident that resulted in him running aground off Kintyre.
THE Scottish Seafood Showcase will take place on June 9, where it will form an integral part of the West End Festival's Byers Road Parade. Showcased traders will have their own bespoke arena, which will be which will bring together the very best seafood providers in the country.
SALMON farms in Scotland killed a total of 346 seals during 2011 and the first four months of 2012, according to figures obtained by the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture, following a Freedom of Information request to the Scottish Government.
THE Marine Science and Technology Department of the NAFC Marine Centre has been shortlisted for both the Aquaculture Supplier of the Year and the Business Development Award in the Crown Estate's Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.