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Fishermen s fury: Ministers spend at least £30k contesting judge s demand to reconsider Scottish no-trawling scheme SCOTTISH ministers are contesting a judge s demand to reconsider a no-trawl scheme to protect Scotland s marine environment in a court battle that has already cost them £30,000. Lady Poole made the ruling after ministers said that the revisiting the proposed pilot no-trawl scheme would serve no practical purpose . She took action after, in a landmark legal judgement, the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) won a court challenge over the right to trawl in Scotland s inshore waters which was expected to have a marked bearing in fishing rights across the country.
Last modified on Tue 2 Feb 2021 16.50 EST
Fishers around the UK have been “devastated” by fresh problems with exporting their produce to the EU, after the government admitted that exports of live mussels, oysters, scallops and certain other shellfish would be subject to ongoing restrictions.
Those are all classified as “live bivalve molluscs” – a category which also includes cockles and clams. Under longstanding EU rules, catches of live bivalve molluscs from non-EU member states can only be imported without treatment if they come from waters deemed of the highest quality. Vessels from non-EU states also cannot land live bivalve molluscs in EU ports.
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