The Scottish Seafood Exports Task Force draws together the UK Government and a wide range of key industry representatives from the catching, processing.
New taskforce for Scottish seafood industry to meet this week pressandjournal.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressandjournal.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Welsh specialist marine engineering firm Mainstay Marine Solutions are set to undertake refit and fabrications works for QED Naval’s SubHub platform.
The platform is a submersible, gravity based, foundation platform that supports the commissioning, testing, transportation, and installation of an array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed.
Mainstay managing director Stewart Graves said: Mainstay is thrilled to have been awarded this work with QED Naval. The SubHub crossbeam fabrication and refit works will be our fifth marine energy device project to date. It is becoming ever apparent that not only do we have the infrastructure, waterside facilities and marine engineering capabilities to support this innovative sector, it is also our in-depth understanding of these very complex marine environments which set us apart.’’
Code of conduct planned under 2020 Agriculture Act
The UK plans to introduce a statutory code of conduct for the country s dairy industry following consultations launched last year to ensure a fair playing field across the supply chain.
Led by the UK s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the consultations were farmed out in June and included England and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the aim to establish whether future regulation could be used to strengthen fairness and transparency .
At the time, proposals included an option to introduce a mandatory pricing mechanism within all contracts between dairy farmers and processors to ensure the price paid for milk produced by the farmer is formally agreed within the contract, and that contract negotiations take place in a clear and transparent way .
Crisp manufacturer Tayto Snacks moved – along with its suppliers – to take early delivery of its stock of seed potatoes from Britain and the EU ahead of the Brexit deadline. Despite the uncertainty, it sought to reassure consumers that it would take “appropriate steps” to maintain supplies in the years ahead.
Mr McKeown said there is still hope that a deal can be reached between the UK and EU allowing the seed potato trade to resume. But in the absence of a deal, most Irish farmers are going to have to source seed potatoes from the Continent while waiting for the indigenous industry to ramp up. Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue is understood to be exploring how to re-establish and develop a national seed programme.