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Lochhead negotiates hard on EU fish quotas and says ‘The bulk of the west...
Scottish Government Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead refused to accept the deal on the table this week in the negotiations on EU fish quotas. As it stood, this threatened the devastation of...
View ArticleBill Wilson lodges Holyrood motion in support of sea angling strategy group
Dr Bill Wilson, MSP for the West of Scotland and a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, has just lodged a parliamentary motion in support of the proposed sea...
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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.)Most of this 3,500 tonnes of fish are already dead or will die as a...
View ArticleWest coast prawn boats exempt from Days at Sea restriction
Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP, has welcomed the announcement that 67 Scottish prawn boats should soon be exempt from the EC Days at Sea regime.The west coast fishing boats are set for a much-needed boost...
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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.These focus on two things:improved or retained quotas for high value stockssupport for...
View ArticleMcGrigor calls for end to EU micro-management of fisheries
During today’s Parliamentary debate on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands MSP, has called for an end to the EU’s damaging micro-management of the UK’s...
View ArticleLoch Fyne fishermen in the news
Tarbert fisherman, Kenny MacNab, recently gave a presentation on the Clyde Fishery from 1950 until the present day to Scottish Ministers – including Fisheries Secretary, Richard Lochhead, the Scottish...
View ArticleMcGrigor and Kelly highlight risks to west coast prawn fishing if...
In response to buccaneering action by east coast boats in 2012, a national and a local politician joined forces today to highlight the impact of Marine Scotland’s restrictions on west coast prawn...
View ArticleSemple says: ‘Europe making a cod of Clyde fisheries’
Campbeltown’s SNP Councillor, John Semple, has sent a clear message to the Scottish Government of his own party – that any economic recovery in Kintyre and the Clyde Coast could be severely affected if...
View ArticlePleas for action on Clyde fisheries
Highlands and Islands MSP, Jamie McGrigor, has written to the First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP and twice to the Rural Affairs and Fisheries Secretary, Richard Lochhead MSP, asking for action on the...
View ArticleScottish Government’s Marine Scotland announces ‘days at sea’ fishing...
Declaring that the Scottish Government is working to minimise the negative impact of the Cod Recovery Plan, the Scottish Government / Marine Scotland has just sent out the press release...
View ArticleFisheries Secretary responds to McGrigor on west coast prawn sector
Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & Fisheries, has responded to a number of written Parliamentary questions tabled by Conservative Highlands & Islands MSP Jamie McGrigor on...
View ArticleImportance of inshore fisheries underlined at Scottish Parliament today
Speaking in a debate in the Scottish Parliament today, 29th April, Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands MSP and the Scottish Conservative Fisheries Spokesman, emphasised the importance to his region...
View ArticleAlmost 50% more Scottish fishing boats now exempt from EU ‘Days at sea’ controls
Another 59 Scottish fishing vessels, which fish for prawns in inshore waters, will no longer be subject to European time at sea limits. A total of 122 Scottish boats have now been made exempt.Fishing...
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