The Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) and the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA) are to fund additional surveys of North Sea stocks as anger grows over the failure to tackle the issue of poor science.
The two organisations’ members between them account for over 80% of the UK’s whitefish catches. They plan to approach international partners in both Norway and Denmark to ensure the work covers the entire Northern North Sea, to organise rigorous, transparent studies of key fish stocks that are fit for purpose.
Skippers from both associations met in Aberdeen last week to explore a new initiative amid what they describe as indifference from the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and fisheries managers towards the urgent need for reform.
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