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We have acted quickly to deliver more than £2.34 billion in support to Scottish businesses through rates relief and grant support, and £22.5 million of support to seafood, fishing and aquaculture, which are so important to Beatrice Wishart’s constituents.
A sectorial analysis of COVID-19 and Brexit concludes "manufacturing, agriculture and fishing to be particularly exposed to the combined impact of COVID-19 and Brexit".
On compromise in relation to fisheries he said:
Clearly, we can see a compromise in which the UK accepts that EU boats need some certainty year on year about what fishing opportunities there will be in our waters but, by the same token, we would expect that to reduce as a proportion of the catch over time.
As part of Phase 1 the Scottish Government is allowing people to go fishing on their own or with a family member, as long as they adhere to physical distancing measures.
Currently, there are a couple of grounds on which the Scottish ministers—the Scottish Government—can grant licences to shoot seals: to protect the health and welfare of farmed fish in and around fish farms and to prevent serious damage to fisheries or fish farms.