Day: 20 August 2026

Scotland’s fishermen face a perfect storm made in Holyrood

Scotland’s fishermen face a perfect storm made in Holyrood The author with a Scottish fisherman

YET AGAIN THE SCOTTISH FISHING INDUSTRY is being unfairly treated by Marine Scotland and a disengaged Scottish Government. The industry is drowning in constant consultations, loaded with questions that take up time for no meaningful return. The results are rarely implemented. The Scottish Government is coordinating 21 Fisheries Management Plans due by the end of […]