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SKIPPERS throughout Scotland are urging policymakers not to push through highly protected marine areas [HPMAs] “by the back door” after the publication of the consultatio...

An overwhelming majority of Scots believe fishing fleets should be safeguarded as seas become more crowded with the emergence of offshore wind and renewables, according t...

A new president has been elected by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation. Hannah Fennell, head of the Orkney Fisheries Association, has taken over from Ian Gatt who has st...

Scotland’s seafood sector today warned ministers that rebranding Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) to make them more palatable to coastal communities would be a grave...

Scotland’s seafood sector today launched a concerted campaign against Scottish Government plans to ban fishing, aquaculture and harvesting in at least 10% of the country’...

The Scottish Government must stop and rethink its deeply unpopular proposals for strict marine conservation zones where fishing will be outlawed, SFF chief executive Elsp...

Scottish fishermen have welcomed the growing coalition of voices opposed to the introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) on the eve of the closing date of th...

Chief Executive Elspeth Macdonald responds to a poll published by the Our Seas Coalition today.

Banning fishing in a tenth of Scottish waters under a network of new Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) will have a catastrophic impact on the industry, ministers are ...

Fisheries groups from around Europe today demanded that governments wake up and recognise the dangers to sustainable food production of the headlong rush to develop huge ...