|
The fishing industry in
Scotland comprises a significant proportion of the United Kingdom
fishing industry. A recent inquiry by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
found fishing to be of much greater social, economic and cultural
importance to Scotland than it is relative to the rest of the UK.
Scotland has just under 8.6% of the UK population but lands at its ports
over 60% of the total catch in the UK.
Many of these are ports in relatively remote communities such as
Fraserburgh, Kinlochbervie or Lerwick, which are scattered along an
extensive coastline and which, for centuries, have looked to fishing as
the main source of employment. Restrictions imposed under the Common
Fisheries Policy (CFP) affect all European fishing fleets, but they have
proved particularly severe in recent years for the demersal or whitefish
sector (boats mainly fishing for cod, haddock and whiting) of the
Scottish fishing industry.
Fishing Industry in Scotland
This is a good overview of the Industry from Wikipedia
The Background to the EU Common Fisheries Policy
Fishing - Executive Summary
A paper from the Scottish Democratic Alliance Think Tank (pdf)
Scotland and the EU Common
Fisheries Policy
A paper from the Scottish Democratic Alliance Think Tank (pdf)
How the EU
Common Fisheries Policy Permanently Damaged Scotland: A Warning for
Iceland
By Dr James Wilkie, David Thomson and associates |
