During the debate on John Scott’s Members Bill regarding sea angling, Minister for Environment Michael Russell stated :
” I see no reason why we should not have a debate on recreational angling at some future stage. I cannot of course bind the Minister for Parliamentary Business, but having such a debate seems a reasonable aspiration.”
SSACN [...]
The fishermen know why there are so few fish by Johnny Woodlock.
For the Sea Fishery Advisory Group of the Irish Seal Sanctuary
As the days progress, more and more fishermen are finally admitting that they know why the fishing industry is facing such a crisis. It is simple; the fish have been caught as juveniles and [...]
After three years of campaigning by SOS and more lately SSACN, the groups have finally received the official news that they have been waiting for.
The letter below from the English fisheries minister Johnathon Shaw confirms that he has laid an Order before Parliament prohibiting the fishing for tope other than by rod and line and [...]
Life at the Edge Condensed from a talk given by Bill McDermott at the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Week in early February’ I have been a shellfish farmer for the past 12 years working in the South Channel of Loch Moidart. It is a magical place and I feel privileged to be able to [...]
Over-fishing and excessive discarding have decimated inshore stocks in recent years, now numbers of inshore fishermen are criticising the ‘commodity’ style trading of quotas which have left many of them facing bankruptcy.
More than 90pc of the UK’s TAC (Total Allowable Catch) is distributed to large Producers Organisations (POs) which manage the majority of large trawlers. [...]
The Scottish Government launched their consultation on a Scottish Marine Bill on the 14/07/08, it is scheduled to end on the 03/10/08.
For more information or to read the Government consultation document, go to www.scotland.gov.uk/marinebill
To submit your response, or for any queries on the Marine Bill email marinebill@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.
Or to submit a written response by post, write to:
CRES1031, Central Scanning Unit, Spur U5B
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh, EH11 3XD
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