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Exhibition captures the pride within Scotland’s fishing sector

Individuals from across the industry profiled in major visual project THE MOVING accounts and portraits of 12 passionate workers within Scotland’s fishing industry take centre-stage...

Nine in 10 Scots support protecting fishing fleets 

Sector recognised as vital to food security, economy and coastal communities  AN OVERWHELMING majority of Scots believe fishing fleets should be safeguarded as seas become...

Rural Scots community wins council planning dispute with multi-billion-pound salmon farming giant

A RURAL Scots community has won a council planning dispute over a multi-billion-pound salmon farming giant in a dispute over fish farming. Locals rallied to...

Rise in the number of whales injured by fishing equipment new research finds

MORE and more whales are being put in danger by fishing equipment new Scottish research shows.  The research led by prestigious Scots university St...

Fisheries Secretary meets with industry

SCOTTISH Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead is to meet with the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen's Association in Aberdeen today. The meeting takes place ahead of further mackerel...

Fishermen to be forced to wear lifejackets

LIFEJACKETS could be made compulsory for fishermen as officials look to make the job safer. New laws, set to be introduced next year, could force crews to...

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