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The result is that the pool from which we fish comprises people who are independently wealthy and people who are in certain types of employment, which will typically be senior roles because their willingness to engage in this activity will not create a problem within the institution for which they work.
The result is that the pool from which we fish comprises people who are independently wealthy and people who are in certain types of employment, which will typically be senior roles because their willingness to engage in this activity will not create a problem within the institution for which they work.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the aggregate (a) tonnage and (b) engine power of the pelagic fishing fleet was in 2000-01. The aggregate tonnage of the pelagic fishing fleet in 20011 was 43,339 tonnes and the aggregate power was 85,558 kWs.
The UK by catch observer programme, between 1996 and 2010, has records for 1,552 observed trips on vessels using static net fishing gear in ICES Area IV and ICES area VII.
In the first three quarters of 2011, 162 seals were shot near fish farms and 200 seals were shot in rivers, estuaries and near coastal netting stations.
That is regrettable in view of the interest of Scottish vessels in fishing these waters. I anticipate now that the European Commission will return quotas to member states which would otherwise have been transferred to the Faroes Home Government in return for access.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that the accidental bycatch of seabirds in fishing gear does not impact negatively on the favourable conservation status of special protection areas.