SKIPPERS throughout Scotland are urging policymakers in Edinburgh not to push through highly protected marine areas [HPMAs] ‘by the back door’ after the Scottish Government confirmed it will not be taking forward the controversial policy in its current form. However, many.
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The SNP has lost the plot; it is time to support Scottish interests.
While Restore Scotland advocates Scottish waters for the exclusive use of local boats, the SNP want to sign fishing away by re-entering the EU and the Commons Fisheries Policy.
They have spent years criticising the Tories for selling fishing out, now they want to do the same. They are just shame-faced hypocrites on this issue!
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The chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Elspeth MacDonald pointed out that the Scottish fleet had not derived much benefit from the previous EU-Norway agreement which came at a considerable cost to Scottish fishing.
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LOCAL fisherman are putting a positive spin on the failure of the UK and Norway to reach an agreement on a fishing deal.
They said past agreements were brokered by the European Union and were heavily skewed against the local pelagic and demersal fleets.
Shetland Fishermenâs Association chief officer Simon Collins said: âThis bring a long-awaited end to past practice in which the EU used to hand substantial amounts of Scottish quota to Norway largely to the benefit of a single foreign multinational that claimed to be English.â
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The chief executive of UK Fisheries Jane Sandell, however, said it is a âvery black day for Britainâ and claimed that hundreds of fishermen would be left out of work as a result.