Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
7th Meeting, 2022
The Committee took evidence on the Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) (No. 2) Order 2022 (SSI 2022/35) from—
Simon Macdonald, Chair, West Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group;
Alistair Bally Philp, National Coordinator, Scottish Creel Fisherman's Federation;
Elaine Whyte, Executive Secretary, Clyde Fisherman’s Association;
Sean McIllwraith, Galloway Static Gear Association;
and then from—
Professor Michael Heath, University of Strathclyde;
and then from—
Alex Watson Crook, Projects Manager, Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust;
David Nairn, Our Seas Coalition;
Phil Taylor, Head of Policy and Operations, The Open Seas Trust;
Russell Cheshire, Trustee, Community of Arran Seabed Trust;
Calum Duncan, Convener, Marine Group, Scottish Environment LINK.