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Impact of ‘choke stocks’ could wreak havoc on fishing fleets
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Impact of ‘choke stocks’ could wreak havoc on fishing fleets

Discards, Sustainability / Environment, TACs and Quotas

Impact of ‘choke stocks’ could wreak havoc on fishing fleets

Overcoming the impact of so-called ‘choke stocks’ will be one of the principal challenges facing fisheries managers to ensure the discard ban does not wreak havoc on the viability of the Scottish fishing fleet. This is the view of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) who fear that choke species – fish where all quota has [...]

scottish_fishermen2016-09-29T14:32:04+00:00April 13th, 2016|Discards, Sustainability / Environment, TACs and Quotas|

Much to be positive about – but challenges remain
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Much to be positive about – but challenges remain

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Much to be positive about – but challenges remain

The following article by Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, appeared in the Buchan Observer’s Fishing in Focus feature I can’t recall a time in the past when I’ve opened the SFF’s annual Fishing in Focus feature on a positive note – which is why I am so happy to do so this [...]

scottish_fishermen2019-02-05T17:02:06+00:00April 4th, 2016|General News|