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Published: Monday 12 May 2008
Catching and aquaculture
High fuel prices may hand Scots catch quotas to foreign skippers
The soaring cost of marine fuel could lead to Scottish skippers being forced to surrender key fishing quotas and catching opportunities to foreign fishing fleets, fishermen's leaders warned today.
How the world's oceans are running out of fish
The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods.
£5m lifeline for the fish market
Modern Scots are not generally known for their high levels of fish consumption, yet new fish restaurants and shops are opening at an unprecedented rate.
Local fishermen accuse council of fuel profiteering
Highland Council this week denied accusations that they were profiteering from fuel sales, after fishermen on the west coast accused them of using the build-up to the two-day strike at Grangemouth oil refinery as an excuse to increase prices.
- West Highland Free Press 2 May 2008 (no web version)
Grimsby fish mission upbeat after Iceland visit
A Grimsby civic and business mission has returned from Iceland confident it can build new fishing and trade links.
Processing and imports
End of the line for fish factory staff
A Redditch fish factory has announced 180 jobs will be lost when it closes its doors next month.
- Birmingham Mail 9 May 2008 (no web version)
Retail and foodservice
For good fish, you have to suffer
How far would you travel for fish and chips?
Consumer and environmental Issues
Fishy business
No codding... sea bass defies its fancy image in this simple 'one-pot' dish.
Fresh as a sea breeze
There are few things as delicious as a well-cooked piece of spanking fresh fish. Article also looks at shellfish and scallops.
- Scotland on Sunday - Spectrum 11 May 2008 (no web version)
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