Fishing chiefs seek new panel to weigh up scientists' advice on Scottish stocks
Updated: May 25, 2021, 11:02 am © Shutterstock / Alan Smillie Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland’s two largest fishing associations are urging Scottish ministers to create a special panel to review stock assessments after wild swings in catch advice in recent years. SWFPA and SFA say Ices’ assessments have “shaky foundations”, with most derived from computer models and complex mathematical algorithms based on “highly simplistic assumptions”. They cite the example of north-east Atlant...
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