Offshore Shellfish News Today

It was disappointing to see the media storm that followed the publication of plans by Biome Algae to establish a 270-acre seaweed farm off Gerrans Bay, in southwest England.

The impact of offshore aquaculture on the general health of the ocean is to be explored in a new project that has been awarded funding by the UK Government.

A new generation of food producers considers mussel farming as having an exciting promise for feeding a burgeoning population while restoring natural biodiversity.

Cultivating the shellfish creates a healthy habitat for everything from big fish to molluscs and could offer a sustainable alternative to meat or fish

Fishermen gathering mussels on a beach (Image: GETTY) Shellfish farmers have warned they will be forced to close their firms if a solution to the ban isnt found (Image: GETTY) Ms Holmyard said she will have to make crucial decisions about the future of her firm over the coming months and may be forced to pack up if a solution to the ban isnt found. She argued that slapping on retaliatory restrictions on EU goods is not the sensible approach and urged the Government to instead thrash out an agre...

A SEAFOOD exporter has warned she will be forced to pack up her business after 30 years if the EUs ban on live shellfish exports from the UK is not lifted soon.

The news her firm could no longer send farmed mussels to the EU came as a shock to Nicki Holmyard, co-founder of Offshore Shellfish