Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what area, in hectares, is currently covered by a year-round prohibition on the use of mobile or active gear to (a) dredge for scallops and (b) trawl for nephrops norvegicus under schedules 1 and 3 of the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004.
Under schedules 1 and 3 of the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004 - 167,773 hectares are closed to both scallop dredging and bottom trawling within the 6 nautical miles limit adjacent to Scotland, as of April 2024.