THE FUTURE of the local fishing industry appears to be on a more secure footing tonight after a whopping 63 per cent increase in next year’s cod quota. Shetland Fishermen’s Association executive officer Simon Collins said on Friday that skippers feel vindicated after arguing.
IT’S TOO early to say whether quota swaps with Norway will have a positive impact on the local whitefish fleet, according to Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) executive officer Simon Collins. He said the conclusion of the Norway-EU negotiations this week were just the.
FISHERMEN representatives in Shetland are fuming after the quota deal on next year’s fishing rights for shared stocks in the North Sea left the local industry in a “challenging “situation and for “no credible reason”. In response to the deal, which was finalised on.
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SHETLAND Fishermenâs Association (SFA) has joined forces with the Scottish White Fish Producersâ Association (SWFPA) to urge Scotlandâs ministers to create a special panel to review stock assessments after âwild swingsâ in catch advice in recent years.Â
They are advocating the establishment of a body equivalent to the Bank of Englandâs Monetary Policy Committee to evaluate recommendations from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
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The two associations argue that insufficient consideration is taken of the often âshaky foundationsâ on which ICES stock assessments are made, with most derived from computer models and complex mathematical algorithms based on âhighly simplistic assumptionsâ.