Electronic tracking planned for Scots under-12s
23rd August 2023
Scottish under-12m boats will have to install electronic tracking and monitoring technology if Scottish government proposals go ahead.
Elspeth Macdonald
Time to protect fishing grounds, MPs told
27th October 2022
Commenting after the presentation at Westminster last week of the joint NFFO/SFF spatial squeeze report, fishermen’s leaders told MPs that recognition and protection of fishing grounds could secure coastal employment, food security and the future of the fishing industry, without…
SNP and Scottish Greens in power-sharing deal
31st August 2021
Curbs on fishing loom to protect marine environment The Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party parliamentary group have agreed to work together over the next five years in a deal that could have far-reaching implications for the Scottish fishing…
New SFF chief ready for tough challenges ahead
17th October 2019
Tim Oliver talks to Elspeth Macdonald, the new chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Elspeth Macdonald took over the helm of the SFF two months ago from outgoing chief executive Bertie Armstrong, who retired officially on 30 September after…
