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 creels for fishing under any measure other than the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004.
As of April 2024:9,011 hectares were closed to creeling within the 6 nautical miles limit adjacent to Scotland.
522,485 hectares were closed to creeling within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to Scotland.
3,700,024 hectares were closed to creeling within the UK Continental Shelf adjacent to Scotland.