The two Scottish POs that lost their legal challenge to the Scottish government’s new economic link conditions, requiring Scottish vessels to land 55% of their catches in Scotland by 2025, have confirmed they will not appeal against the decision. The…
Representatives of the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation (SFO) have visited the Pacific North West region of the United States to learn about its innovative co-management and bycatch avoidance techniques. The SFO delegation travelled to Alaska and Washington state in August with…
The economic link changes mainly affect the pelagic sector, which makes significant landings abroad, mostly into Norway but also Denmark and Ireland, because better prices can often be obtained there than in Scotland. Scottish pelagic processors have called for more…
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