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In these talks Scotland would be negotiating from a position of strength given the importance and value of our waters and the level of our fishing activity, ensuring Scotland’s interests lay at the heart of any agreement on the division of shares.
To ask the Scottish Government what access an independent Scotland's fishing vessels would have to the waters of EU member states or other coastal states.
I am still interested in the structural issue of how you manage operations in which—if I can describe it diagrammatically—the fish that are being netted anywhere are going up the coast whereas the fish that are being angled are going up a river.
I am still interested in the structural issue of how you manage operations in which—if I can describe it diagrammatically—the fish that are being netted anywhere are going up the coast whereas the fish that are being angled are going up a river.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the quote by Greig Seafood Hjaltland that the freshwater smolts imported from its partners in Norway to Shetland waters have "the same health status or even better than the Scottish fish". I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-20965 on 20 May 2014.
If it took more like five years instead of 18 months—or if it never happened—that would be a different kettle of fish. There is also something in the EU called the blue card system that does not enter into this debate and which deals with these kinds of issues in respect of immigrants.
If it took more like five years instead of 18 months—or if it never happened—that would be a different kettle of fish. There is also something in the EU called the blue card system that does not enter into this debate and which deals with these kinds of issues in respect of immigrants.