Seaweed association set to mark milestone year

The organisation representing Scottish seaweed growers will be celebrating its first decade this November at its annual conference in Oban, on Scotland’s west coast. The conference of the Scottish Seaweed Industry Association (SSIA) takes place on the 20 – 21 November at Corran Halls in Oban.

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HPMAs: what’s next?

Proposals to bar all commercial activity from 10% of Scotland’s waters have been dropped. Where do we go from here? Sandy Neil finds out The decision, after all the debate, was hardly a surprise. Early in November, the Scottish Government’s Net Zero Secretary, Màiri McAllan MSP, knocked the plan for Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs)…

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Oban hosts seaweed summit

The seaweed sector in Scotland has great growth potential, but how can it scale responsibly? What are the key considerations when developing and growing the industry, and how do we ensure we have a responsible and sustainable sector? These are among the questions that will be addressed next week at the 2023 Scottish Seaweed Industry…

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