FISHERIES BILL SETS OUT NEW MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Fisheries Bill sets out new management framework.The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has underlined that the publication of the Fisheries Bill today (25 October) will set out a completely new framework for fisheries management outside the “universally detested” Common Fisheries Policy.
Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the SFF, said: “Control of UK waters will no longer be exercised by the dead hand of EU bureaucracy but by our governments at Westminster and Holyrood, which we trust will work together in harmony to seize the Sea of Opportunity that stretches out before us.
“The Scottish Government’s own figures suggest that this could be worth an additional £540 million per year to the seafood industry plus a total of 5,000 new jobs.
“And it is accessible through an effective and reactive fisheries management regime that avoids placing unnecessary constraints on skippers and crew doing a difficult job at sea.”