Firth of Clyde Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

13 Feb 2024

Part of the Firth of Clyde will be closed to most types of fishing to protect spawning cod

The Scottish Government has an announced that an area of the Firth of Clyde will again be closed to most types of fishing activity in spring 2024 and 2025 to protect spawning cod. The closure has been in place each year since 2002 during the cod spawning season. While there has been variation, the closures […]

18 Jan 2022

Protecting spawning cod in the Firth of Clyde

Marine News

Seasonal closures to protect spawning cod in the Firth of Clyde that have been in place for the past 20 years are due to continue in 2022 and 2023, but with additional measures. Since its introduction, the Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) for the annual closure of the spawning ground has included exemptions to allow Nephrops […]