scotland

  • Ewing blasts transition

    Ewing blasts transition

    2nd April 2018

    Transition ‘worst possible’ deal for Scotland ‘Very serious objections’, Scots minister tells Gove Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing has slammed the transitional Brexit agreement and its effects on Scottish fishermen, and questioned the UK government’s approach to the forthcoming negotiations…

  • SFO slams Scots landings target

    SFO slams Scots landings target

    12th December 2017

    Scotland and the UK’s biggest FPO has come out strongly against Marine Scotland’s proposals to force Scottish-registered vessels to land 55% of their catches in Scotland, reports Tim Oliver. In its reply to Marine Scotland’s consultation, the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation…

  • Scottish vessels must land 55% of catches in Scotland

    Scottish vessels must land 55% of catches in Scotland

    11th September 2017

    Pelagic catchers angry at new consultation. Scottish pelagic fishermen are angry over new Scottish economic links proposals that will force all Scottish over-10m vessels to land at least 55% of their catches into Scotland, reports Tim Oliver. Above: The Gardenstown-owned midwater…

  • £8.4m of EMFF funding announced for 86 projects in Scotland

    £8.4m of EMFF funding announced for 86 projects in Scotland

    18th August 2017

    Sea fisheries, aquaculture and processing businesses will receive a share of £8.4m funding to boost growth and protect jobs in their area. Above: The pier at Pierowall on Westray, Orkney is to be refurbished with the help of a £1.7m…

  • Skerries boat Renown JW LK 52 refurbished at Whitby

    Skerries boat Renown JW LK 52 refurbished at Whitby

    2nd August 2017

    The Shetland scalloper/trawler Renown JW LK 52 is midway through a largescale refit at Whitby, reports David Linkie. Above: Renown JW at Whitby after being fitted with new gunwales amidships… Work currently being carried out on Skerries skipper John Anderson’s boat…

  • Minister: ‘Fisheries will be key area in Brexit talks’

    Minister: ‘Fisheries will be key area in Brexit talks’

    15th May 2017

    DEFRA’s top minister has assured the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation that fisheries will be ‘a key area in the EU exit negotiations’. Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State at DEFRA, says Brexit will be ‘a once in a generation chance to regenerate…

  • Blast at Scots government in mackerel quota dispute

    Blast at Scots government in mackerel quota dispute

    10th May 2017

    A Scottish PO chief says the Scottish government’s withholding of 12% of the 2017 Scottish mackerel quota from the pelagic sector is the wrong way to encourage more domestic landings, reports Tim Oliver. Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing told the…

  • Scots west coast MPAs: ‘No impact on fishing’

    Scots west coast MPAs: ‘No impact on fishing’

    19th April 2017

    ‘Too early to tell’ says SFF. There is no evidence so far of any significant social or economic effects from the highly controversial MPAs introduced early last year on the west coast of Scotland, according to a Marine Scotland study,…

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