Posts Tagged ‘Marine Scotland’

 

Marine Scotland accused of mismanaging fishing

Wednesday, January 13th, 2021

Marine Scotland has been accused of allowing “an environmental disaster” by mismanaging fishing and refusing to exclude trawlers from inshore areas where fishermen catch prawns. A report, due to be…

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Open Seas: West Shetland Shelf MPA

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been in the news recently following a Greenpeace investigation claiming the Government allows these areas to be exploited by some of the largest trawlers…

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Creel fishers lodge judicial review

Tuesday, August 18th, 2020

Creel fishermen have taken the Scottish Government to court over access to island waters. Alistair Sinclair, national co-ordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF), says the body is acting…

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