Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & Fisheries, has responded to a number Continue reading
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Scottish Government’s Marine Scotland announces ‘days at sea’ fishing allocations
Declaring that the Scottish Government is working to minimise the negative impact of the Cod Recovery Plan, Continue reading
Pleas for action on Clyde fisheries
Highlands and Islands MSP, Jamie McGrigor, has written to the First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP and twice Continue reading
Semple says: ‘Europe making a cod of Clyde fisheries’
Campbeltown’s SNP Councillor, John Semple, has sent a clear message to the Scottish Government Continue reading
McGrigor and Kelly highlight risks to west coast prawn fishing if restrictions are not eased
In response to buccaneering action by east coast boats in 2012, a national and a local politician joined forces Continue reading
Loch Fyne fishermen in the news
Tarbert fisherman, Kenny MacNab, recently gave a presentation on the Clyde Fishery Continue reading
McGrigor calls for end to EU micro-management of fisheries
During today’s Parliamentary debate on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), Continue reading
Scottish EC fishing gains include support for ‘Catch less, land more’
The prolonged discussions at the EC’s December Fisheries Council have ended with some gains for Scotland. Continue reading
West coast prawn boats exempt from Days at Sea restriction
Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP, has welcomed the announcement that 67 Continue reading
Fishing: the figures we’re not given
3,500 tonnes – that is the minimum estimate of fish thrown back into the Clyde as ‘by-catch’ and ‘discards’. (But there’s more.) Continue reading
