Question reference: S5W-02631
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 12 September 2016
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in order to preserve access to the US market for fish and fish products, whether it will introduce legislation that prohibits the intentional killing of marine mammals in all of Scotland's fisheries.
Answer
There is already legislation in place to prevent deliberate killing of marine mammals, except under controlled circumstances. This is delivered by the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 for seals, and The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) for cetaceans.