02 Mar 2021
BBC ‘The Scottish government has lodged an appeal against a ruling requiring it to reconsider the way fisheries should be managed in the seas off Skye. The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) wants a pilot project to be run which would see no trawling and dredging in some inshore areas. The SCFF went to the […]
16 Jan 2021
‘Marine Scotland has been accused of allowing “an environmental disaster” by mismanaging fishing and refusing to exclude trawlers from inshore areas where fishermen catch prawns. The Ferret A report, due to be released on 11 January by the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) – and seen by The Ferret – says that Marine Scotland‘s oversight of […]
26 Jun 2017
The economic arguments for a better allocation for creel fishermen with white fish and environmental benefits Creeling and trawling for Nephrops are not simply alternative methods of harvesting Nephrops in inshore waters. Economically, they are quite separate activities which deliver fundamentally different economic outcomes. What they have in common is that, in Scotland’s inshore waters, […]