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By coupling aquaculture with future catch fish quotas, this document raises the prospect of tariffs being imposed on exports of farmed fish if there is no agreement on North Sea white fish quotas.
The reasons why the Scottish Government does not support the deal were set out under the following headings:
Continued uncertainty
Overall economic impact
The crucial service sector will be significantly disadvantaged by the deal
Loss of market access for key Scottish exports
It trades away the promised ‘sea of opportunity’ for the Scottish fishing indust...
The economic partnership section covers joint ambitions for goods, services, movement of people, transport, energy, fishing, global co-operation and level playing field provisions.
The economic partnership section covers joint ambitions for goods, services, movement of people, transport, energy, fishing, global co-operation and level playing field provisions.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Sea lice - the use of cleaner fish
As the Committee heard when taking evidence on sea lice infestation, one means of controlling this is the use of cleaner fish.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Fish health and welfare
Several of the key areas identified as currently being of a significant challenge to the salmon farming industry in Scotland relate to fish health and welfare.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
From an environmental perspective, if all the fish on a fish farm die, it will not necessarily have an impact on the environment outside the fish farm; it is just a commercial problem for the farm.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
The SSPO defines this data as “the percentage of fish that have died on a farm during the entire production cycle, given as a percentage of the total number of fish that were initially stocked on the farm”.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
We know that there have been phase shifts of plankton and the things that fish eat—they have moved about 1,000km to the north, which has a big effect on wild fish.