{"id":552,"date":"2018-12-07T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/?p=552"},"modified":"2018-12-14T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T13:17:30","slug":"weekly-round-up-07-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2018\/12\/07\/weekly-round-up-07-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly round-up: 07\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fisheries and Aquaculture funding<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-546 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/Tobermory-rural-matters-flickr-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/Tobermory-rural-matters-flickr-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/Tobermory-rural-matters-flickr.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/>Fisheries Secretary\u00a0 Fergus Ewing announced \u00a34.8 million has been awarded to 29 fishery and aquaculture projects across Scotland, helping coastal communities to diversify their economies and transition to sustainable fishing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Young People&#8217;s Food and Drink event<\/h3>\n<p>The Scottish Government has pledged \u00a37.5 million until 2020 to support the delivery of the new industry led food and drink strategy, Ambition:2030.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-554 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--750x485.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp--649x420.jpg 649w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/12\/MG-yoyp-.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/194;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon <s><\/s>attended Young People&#8217;s Food and Drink Event to meet talented young people who are involved in the industry.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>HIE aquaculture announcement<\/h3>\n<p>Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing\u00a0 announced nearly \u00a31 million joint funding with Highland and Island Enterprise for the aquaculture industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fisheries and Aquaculture funding Fisheries Secretary\u00a0 Fergus Ewing announced \u00a34.8 million has been awarded to 29 fishery and aquaculture projects across Scotland, helping coastal communities to diversify their economies and transition to sustainable fishing. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Young People&#8217;s Food and Drink event The Scottish Government has pledged \u00a37.5 million until 2020 to support&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,14,60,56],"tags":[125,95,96],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-environment","category-farming","category-marine","tag-aquaculture","tag-fisheries","tag-foodanddrink"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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