PE1951: Reinstate inshore coastal limit on the use of dredge and trawl fishing gears
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to re-introduce a variation of the historic 3 mile coastal limit on the use of mobile dredge and bottom-trawling fishing gears to support:
- the recovery of Scotland’s inshore demersal fin-fish population and the wider ecosystem;
- opportunities to optimise the social, economic and environmental returns within the new spatially managed area; and
- increases in fishing jobs and the revitalisation of coastal communities.
Petitioner: Alistair Bally Philp on behalf of The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation
Status: Closed
Date published: 12 July 2022
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