There are 11,022 results relating to "fishing"
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36400
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of (a) data from the Animal Law Foundation suggesting that there have been no prosecutions or care notices issued regarding welfare issues on fish farms and (b) the recommendation by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee in its report, Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland, what steps it plans to ensure that the (i) fish farming industry fully understands and complies with its legal welfare requirements for farmed fish across their entire lifecycle and (ii) welfare law to protect farmed fish is applied.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36301
A domestic commercial fishing licence provides a general authority to fish within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (UK EEZ).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36787
Scottish Government officials have been working in collaboration with stakeholders from industry and eNGOs as part of a co-management group to develop a squid fishing trial; this includes representatives from Shetland.The inshore squid fishing season is yet to be underway, therefore no data has yet been collected in ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36786
Scottish Ministers have granted a limited trial to undertake a pilot project with a number of inshore vessels to help gather further information to support a longer-term policy development on fishing for squid under the North Sea Cod Avoidance Plan (NCAP).There is currently limited evidence about the impacts of the squid fishing on cod stocks and bycatch of non-target stocks.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36396
Appropriate stakeholder engagement will be undertaken as part of this work.We are currently developing guidance for the welfare of farmed fish at the time of slaughter taking into account the recommendations made in the UK Animal Welfare Committee report of 2014 and its updated opinion of 2023.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 April 2025
S6W-36127
This investment directly contributes to the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045, including embedding nature-positive farming, fishing, and forestry.The Agri-Environment Climate Scheme(AECS)remains a priority, with the 2024 round increasing funding by £3.9 million compared to the previous year.
Last updated:
17 April 2025
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Written questions lodged from 14 April 2025 to 17 April 2025 S6W-36303 Ariane Burgess: To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it appears to have dropped commitments from its Future Fisheries Management strategy 12-point action plan to (a) apply a cap on fishing activity in inshore waters (up to three nautical miles) and (b) review and revise the management of unused "latent" scallop fishing entitlements, in light of these actions not being included in the recent delivery plan update, which was published on 20 March 2025.
Cross-Party Groups
Last updated:
14 April 2025
Scottish Games Ecosystem
Scottish Games Network (Secretariat)
Devolver Digital
Scopely
Squidgeroo Ltd
Dovetail Games
Newdime Entertainment
Edinburgh Napier University
Ludus Pax Studios
Creative Scotland
Fish Tin Games
Abertay University
Dundee and Angus College
The Great Beyond Company
Koin Games
Z Game Energy
Skills Development Scotland
Raftur Games...
Last updated:
14 April 2025
BB20250414
S6W-36764 Sharon Dowey: To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the fishing industry following changes to the minimum landing size for lobster on the west coast of Scotland.
Last updated:
11 April 2025
Panel 5 Briefing note
The industry is a major employer across Scotland; agriculture, fishing, aquaculture and manufacturing employed 129,000 people in 2021.
