Category: Commercial
Illegal fishing by Scots trawler operators dominates the 2011 Scottish fraud figures, a new study from KPMG has found. One case dominates the findings an alleged black fishing fraud – accounting for £91 million of the £96million total, according to KPMG’s Fraud Barometer. This is a more than 100% increase on 2010 when fraud due [...]
The Sunday Herald has revealed that at least five vessels registered in Scotland have been licensed to fish in the Indian Ocean and off the northwest African coast. More than 700 vessels from European Union (EU) countries are fishing seas outwith the EU, mostly from Spain, France and Portugal, but they also include vessels registered [...]
European fleets have been amongst those devastating fish stocks in the southern Pacific whilst governments stand by and prevaricate. Commercial fleets bound only by voluntary restraints, operating in a free-for-all in waters from the west coast of South America across much of the southern Pacific, have reduced stocks of jack mackerel, once one of the [...]
Fishing boat skipper David Hutchison has claimed the Scottish pelagic fishing industry has been singled out for punishment as 17 Shetland and Northeast skippers are facing tough fines for illegally landing black fish worth more £40 million. In the High Court in Edinburgh, QC Murdo Macleod, defending Mr Hutchison argued that landing overquota mackerel and [...]
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on the introduction of new management measures into the Scottish scallop sector. The aims of the consultation are to help safeguard stocks and more closely align Scottish technical restrictions with those being introduced into English waters by : o Introducing a flat rate 8 dredge per side limit [...]
In response to the recent fish quota talks Seafish, the authority on seafood, has produced a summary document showing the Total Allowable Catches (TACs) agreed by the European Union in December 2011 for 2012, compared with the scientific recommendations made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). According to Phil MacMullen, [...]
At the High Court in Edinburgh today, four fishermen pled guilty to offences of making false declarations regarding over £8 million of fish that they landed. The offences, in contravention of sea fishing legislation, relate to a number of illegal landings of mackerel and herring at Peterhead between 2002 and 2005, in respect of which [...]
A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ago, reveals research published today in the journal Aquatic Conservation. The European common skate, Dipturus batis, has been on the World Conservation Union’s Red List [...]
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EU Consultation on invasive alien species
Invasive alien species (IAS) are species whose introduction and/or spread, outside their natural past or present distribution, threatens biological diversity. They may cause serious damage not only to ecosystems but also to crops and livestock, disrupting the local ecology, impacting on human health and producing serious economic effects. While some EU instruments are dealing with [...]
European Marine and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
This consultation seeks views on the European Commission’s proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The European Commission published their proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) that will replace the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020. The EMFF is structured around four pillars: Smart, Green [...]
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on the introduction of new management measures into the Scottish scallop sector. The aims of the consultation are to help safeguard stocks and more closely align Scottish technical restrictions with those being introduced into English waters by : o Introducing a flat rate 8 dredge per side limit [...]
Future of aquaculture and fisheries
A consultation is underway to support a sustainable future for aquaculture and freshwater fisheries, and the effective management of interactions between these two sectors. The consultation also includes proposals to update enforcement provisions for aquaculture and fisheries, and a review of the approach to cost sharing and charges. The consultation will inform the development of [...]
Cod recovery measures–Clyde spawning closure
The Scottish Government has, since 2002, implemented a spawning season closure in the Firth of Clyde which complements the Irish Sea closure provided for under EU legislation. For both 2012 and 2013, the Scottish Government believes that there is a clear case for continuing the practice of a spawning season closure by rolling over the [...]
