Whilst we note that they also argue "The Scottish Government has been consistent in resisting calls for arbitrary blanket restrictions, and instead pursuing a more tailored approach to the separation of mobile and static fishing gear, within our existing strategies and commitments noted above." we would also note that this is misleading given the Scottish Government actively promoted the deep sea access ban, which bans bottom trawling (and scallop dredging, though this is unlikely to ever take place there) in all waters deeper than 800m.