Peterhead Fish Market hosts government officials

DEFRA officials from the trade import and export team toured Peterhead Fish Market and visited local processing business in the north-east.

Jimmy Buchan, CEO of the Scottish Seafood Association, said having these industry insight sector tours helps those that they depend on to negotiate and create new business opportunities for the sector to see first-hand the challenges and the scale of the industry in Scotland.

Seafood export plays a significant part in the north-east economy, and it is vital that the industry retains growth and explores new markets as it builds back from the aftershocks of Brexit and Covid.

Daisy May, heading up the delegation, said: “It was great to visit our stakeholders in Aberdeenshire, who represent an important and key part of the UK's seafood sector.

"We appreciate the efforts of those involved in showing us around and talking us through the key issues they face and will ensure that these valuable learnings are fed into our work to promote our seafood industry at home and abroad."

Mr Buchan said: “We were delighted to host this visit and to strengthen our relationship with stakeholders both at Westminster and through our shared and important relationships with Scottish Government departments.

"These trips help forge better understandings of each other’s challenges and how working together should build new and better relations across all departments."

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