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BBC News By Kevin Keane Published image copyrightGetty Images Scotland's creel fishermen have won a judicial review into the way fisheries should be managed in the seas off Skye. The Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation (SCFF) submitted proposals to separate mobile and static fishing in the Inner Sound as part of a trial. The Court of Session ruled the proposal was turned down by ministers solely because of the strength of opposition. The judge, Lady Poole, said the SCFF's proposal had not been fairly considered before being rejected. Mobile fishing, through trawling and dredging, can often ...

A trawler at Eyemouth harbour, in the Scottish borders. Photo: David Cheskin/PA Wire FISHERMEN have accused ministers of acting unlawfully in a legal challenge over the "right to trawl" in Scotland's inshore waters. The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) has lodged a petition for a judicial review which is expected to have a marked bearing on fishing rights across Scotland. The SNP Government are being accused of acting unlawfully by "listening to its cronies" in the industrial trawling sector and ending a proposed pilot no-trawl scheme in the Inner Sound off the Isle of Sk...

Creel fishermen in ‘drastic’ action call amid battle over west coast prawns © Shutterstock / More Maud Photogr Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scottish creel fishers have called for “drastic” action to save their inshore fisheries in a battle over west coast prawns. The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF), said years of overfishing and poor management meant future generations would inherit an asset “that is a shadow of its former self”. It comes just days before the SCFF formall...