Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what research has been carried out into the economic impact on communities on Arran and the Ayrshire coast of a decline in the Clyde whitefish sector.
The Scottish Government is aware of economic analysis by environmental non-governmental organisations on the potential economic benefits of recovery of whitefish in the Clyde. It has not undertaken own economic research into impacts on communities from the historical decline (mid-1990s) of the whitefish sector in the Clyde.