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The number employed in the processing of fish, including farmed fish, was:19978,80019988,30019998,600Estimates of jobs dependent on fishing are not made routinely.The table below shows combined government and European funding under FIFG.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive why a Ministerial Statement was not made to announce the new safety improvement scheme for the fishing industry. The intention to establish a new Scottish Seafishing Safety Scheme was first announced by John Home Robertson during the Fisheries Debate on 8 December last year.
That means that issues such as those that John Scott touched on, such as rural unemployment, can be addressed in conjunction with conservation.We should examine SSSIs from a positive perspective and consider that conservation can work in tandem with farming, forestry and fishing. For God's sake, let us not think about ploughing under all the land in Scotlan...
That means that issues such as those that John Scott touched on, such as rural unemployment, can be addressed in conjunction with conservation.We should examine SSSIs from a positive perspective and consider that conservation can work in tandem with farming, forestry and fishing. For God's sake, let us not think about ploughing under all the land in Scotlan...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7968 by Mr John Home Robertson on 3 July 2000, when assistance will become available for the fish processing industry under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance; what plans it has for additional measures to assist the fish processing sector; whether these include any specific plans for assistance in response to the current level of white fish landings, and when any such additional assistance will be available.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2000