Starting in 2025, Scottish fishing boats longer than 10 meters that land more than 10 metric tons of key fish species will face stricter licensing requirements aimed at bringing more economic benefits ...

Cockle fishing on the Solway has been banned for around 15 years due to concerns over dwindling stocks. Galloway and West ...

Leading Scottish fisheries industry figure Mike Park was last night honoured for his leadership and efforts in improving conservation measures in the Scottish white fish fisheries and his work in ...

Tara Marshall receives funding from Fisheries Innovation Scotland. The implementation of this ban created the so-called “choke species” problem. Choke species are fish with catches limited by annual ...

THOUSANDS of Scottish fishermen face "terrifying" losses as the coronavirus crisis hits sales across Europe. Many of the 1,300 small creel boats in Scotland have been forced to stop fishing after ...

Rockall, hundreds of miles from Iceland, Ireland and the UK in the North Atlantic Ocean, is the only point of an elevated area of continental shelf that appears permanently above sea level. The ...

The Scottish government is investigating after two boats were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a marine protected area ...

The research in this article was funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and the University of Edinburgh. The feature documentary film was funded by Screen Scotland and BBC Alba, with ...

Campaigners said stocks of cod in the area have failed to recover despite seasonal closures for the past two decades.