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May 10, 2021 10:07 BST
Scotland s two largest fishing associations are urging Scottish ministers to create a special panel to review stock assessments after wild swings in catch advice in recent years.
The Shetland Fishermen s Association (SFA) and the Scottish White Fish Producers Association (SWFPA) are advocating the establishment of a body equivalent to the Bank of England s Monetary Policy Committee to evaluate recommendations from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), they said in a press release [.]
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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.
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The SNP has lost the plot; it is time to support Scottish interests.
While Restore Scotland advocates Scottish waters for the exclusive use of local boats, the SNP want to sign fishing away by re-entering the EU and the Commons Fisheries Policy.
They have spent years criticising the Tories for selling fishing out, now they want to do the same. They are just shame-faced hypocrites on this issue!
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The chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Elspeth MacDonald pointed out that the Scottish fleet had not derived much benefit from the previous EU-Norway agreement which came at a considerable cost to Scottish fishing.
Brian Nugent.
Restore Scotland candidate Brian Nugent has criticised the First Minister’s comments on a fishing deal, which he claimed “betrayed a lack of knowledge” on the issue.
Mr Nugent, who is standing in Shetland, said Nicola Sturgeon’s comments about the failure to strike a deal with Norway, where “not only boring but … plain wrong”.
As previously reported, the UK and Norway failed to reach a deal on fishing rights last week.
But while Ms Sturgeon echoed concerns raised by the UK industry, saying the Tories “Brexit betrayal” was “utterly shameful”, Scottish fishermen have taken a different stance.