Question reference: S5W-26095
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 31 October 2019
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 November 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24905 by Mairi Gougeon on 19 September 2019, whether Marine Scotland Science observed trawl marks or damage to the PMFs while surveying the MPA.
Answer
Potential trawl marks were seen on a number of video tows from a survey carried out in August/September 2019. Analyses of the survey data are ongoing.