There are 11,022 results relating to "fishing"
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 April 2025
S6W-35636
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the farmed fish sector has a non-binding industry code of good practice regarding the legal obligations for keepers and industry stakeholders under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 and the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012, and whether it will introduce off...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 April 2025
S6W-35638
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review or update the current farmed fish industry-developed code of good practice by replacing or supplementing it with official guidance that provides prescriptive detail on meeting welfare obligations, and, if so, what consultation process will be carried out with stakeholders.
Last updated:
4 April 2025
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S6W-36306 Ariane Burgess: To ask the Scottish Government, since the beginning of 2022, how many meetings it has held with representatives of (a) environmental and conservation organisations and (b) the fishing industry to discuss Marine Protected Areas.
Last updated:
4 April 2025
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S6M-16432: Ben Macpherson: Scotland's Seabirds— That the Parliament believes that Scotland has internationally important seabird populations, including, at the last assessment, 60% of the world's great skuas and almost half, 48%, of the world's northern gannets, with the biggest colony on Earth being found at the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, along with important common tern colonies, including one 5 PB/S6/25/048 in a special protection area at Leith docks; recognises that the country has international and domestic obligations to protect and enhance these species; understands with concern that 70% of Scotland's national populations are in decline, according to the latest seabird census and notes the view that action is needed to address this; further understands that the proposed Scottish Government Scottish Seabird Conservation Action Plan sets out many measures that would protect seabird prey fish...
Last updated:
3 April 2025
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S6W-36305 Ariane Burgess: To ask the Scottish Government how it has assessed whether fishing gear purchased through Marine Fund Scotland has improved the sustainability and selectivity of bottom trawl fishing.
Last updated:
2 April 2025
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S6W-36400 Emma Roddick: 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.
Last updated:
2 April 2025
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S6W-36301 Ariane Burgess: To ask the Scottish Government how many fishing licences it has authorised the transfer of in each year since 2015, broken down by fishing method, as defined in table 41 of the latest Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 April 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 02 April 2025 [Draft]
Dr David Bailey, who was commissioned by NatureScot in 2019 to examine whether wrasse fishing could affect protected features, has said that as a “first measure”, closing protected reefs to wrasse fishing would reduce the risk to protected features, “ensure that at least some wrasse populations survive, and allow the ecological effects of wrasse fishing to be assessed”.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 April 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 02 April 2025 [Draft]
The Scottish Government supports the overarching principles and strategic outcomes of the CFP and their role in supporting long-term sustainable fishing. An independent Scotland in the EU, as an influential maritime nation, would have a significant opportunity to shape the future of the policy and relevant legislative and regulatory developments.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 April 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 02 April 2025 [Draft]
Scotland’s inhabited islands, which are home to just over 100,000 people, rely on a mix of traditional and emerging industries. Fishing and farming have long been the backbone of many islands.
