Question reference: S6W-23474
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 30 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17336 by Màiri McAllan on 4 May 2023, what area in km2 of Scotland’s inshore waters is, on a year-round basis, open to creeling while not open to scallop dredging or enphrops trawling.
Answer
3,297 square kilometres of Scotland’s inshore waters are permanently closed to both scallop dredging and bottom trawling, with no permanent prohibitions for creeling in place.
Scottish inshore waters are defined from the mean high water spring up to the extent of the territorial sea (12 Nautical Mile limit)