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Scottish stocks data deficient
More than half of the main species landed by Scottish whitefish vessels come from stocks that are ‘data deficient’, according to a review carried out by the NAFC Marine Centre. Data-deficient fish stocks are those for which the data needed to carry out a scientific assessment are not available. The review found that of the [...] Related posts:
Fresh fish on your mobile
Nofima is quadrupling the number of different fish species you can check with the iPhone app “How fresh is your fish?”. You can now use the app, which enables you to evaluate how fresh fish is, to check pollock, haddock, herring, turbot, sole, brill, redfish, deep-water shrimps, fjord shrimps and peeled shrimps. The first version [...] Related posts:
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We crashed the stocks says fisheries leader
From the Daily Telegraph Mike Park was 21 when he skippered his first fishing boat. Back then, in the early 1980s, he recalls, Scottish fishermen landed 120,000 tons of cod a year. Now the catch has slumped to just 15,000 tons. So far, so familiar: the world’s oceans are full of collapsed, over-exploited fisheries. But [...] Related posts:
Clyde – Changes in species diversity and size composition
Following the repeal in 1962 of a long-standing ban on trawling, yields of demersal fish from the Firth of Clyde, southwest Scotland, increased to a maximum in 1973 and then declined until the directed fishery effectively ceased in the early 2000s. Since then, the only landings of demersal fish from the Firth have been by-catch [...] Related posts:
Overfishing and the jobs that never were
Fish stocks deliver huge benefits to society. They are a source of jobs, a source of profits, and a source of affordable food. But European fish stocks are delivering much less than they could if they were managed at sustainable levels. For the good of society, restoring fish stocks from current levels to their maximum [...] Related posts:

Coarse fishing refers to fish that have no season, meaning they can be fished for all year. According to the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling, there are 16 species of coarse fish in Scotland, including northern pike, grayling, carp, crucian carp, and eel.

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