Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the opportunities would be for the fishing industry of an independent Scotland joining the EU.
Independent membership of the EU would ensure that, for the first time, the Scottish Government would be able to negotiate directly for Scottish interests and priorities at the top table of Europe. It would also ensure that the Scottish fishing industry is represented by a government that will always champion its interests and, in stark contrast to UK Government, will never cast the industry as “expendable”.
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring the sustainable growth of the Scottish fishing sector and will continue to work in close partnership with the industry to achieve that.