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Date published:
25 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, Session 6 - Petition PE1951 Reinstate inshore coastal limit on the use of dredge and trawl fishing gears
Petition PE1951 Reinstate inshore coastal limit on the use of dredge and trawl fishing gears
Petition PE1951 was lodged in 2022 by Alistair Bally Philp on behalf of the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation—
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to re-introduce a variation of the historic 3 mile coastal limit on the use of mobile dredge and bottom-trawling fishing gears to support:
the recovery of Scotland's inshore demersal fin-fish population and the wider ecosystem
opportunities to optimise the social, economic and environmental returns within the new spatially managed area
increases in fishing jobs and the revitalisation of coastal communities.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Instruments considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee during the fourth quarter of the Parliamentary Year 2025-26 - Annexe B– Reporting grounds: 27 January to 24 March 2026
The reporting grounds engaged in this quarter are set out below:
(g) - that it has been made by what appears to be an unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the parent statute
National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2026 (SSI 2026/20)
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (Characteristic of Sex) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft)
(j) - failure to comply with laying requirements
Sea Fish...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, Session 6 - Management measures in inshore marine protected areas
Management measures in inshore marine protected areas
The Committee scrutinised legislation implementing fisheries management measures restricting the use of specified fishing gear in offshore marine protected areas (MPAs).
Committees
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25 March 2026
Salmon farming in Scotland
Salmon farming .
Salmon farming .
salmon farming, fish farms, sea lice, mortality rates.
Committees
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25 March 2026
Salmon farming in Scotland: Publication of SEPA’s Sea Lice Regulatory Framework
Salmon farming 25 March 2026.
salmon farming, fish farms, sea lice, mortality rates.
Committees
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25 March 2026
Salmon farming in Scotland: Assessment of progress
Salmon farming 25 March 2026.
salmon farming, fish farms, sea lice, mortality rates.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, Session 6 - Statutory obligations and fisheries management plans
The Committee notes the Cabinet Secretary's update to the Committee, dated 20 November 2025, which referred to the current consultation on 11 draft FMPs for demersal fish stocks and stated that “a significant amount of work on the remaining Scottish-led FMPs, including two Nephrops and eight pelagic stocks, has already been completed and consultations will ...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Annual report of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee 2025-26 - Salmon farming in Scotland – 12-month follow-up
The review focused on four themes:
fish health and welfare.
environmental impacts.
interactions between wild and farmed salmon.
farm consents and planning.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, Session 6 - Management of inshore fisheries
As mentioned earlier in this report, the Committee closed Petition PE1951 asking for the Scottish Government to reinstate an inshore coastal limit on the use of dredge and trawl fishing gears on the basis that it would incorporate this issue in the planned inquiry.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 March 2026
S6W-44435
The Scottish Government has no plans to review the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) enforcement powers in relation to aquaculture.SEPA already has a number of options in its enforcement toolkit, ranging from informal advice and guidance to the use of formal enforcement measures including final warning letters, statutory notices, monetary penalties, and reports to the Procurator Fiscal recommending prosecution.For the purpose of environmental protection, SEPA places licence conditions on marine fish...
