Scotland’s Loch Torridon langoustine fishery has withdrawn from the MSC programme.
Claire Pescod, UK Fisheries Outreach Manager for the MSC says: “It is sad to see a long-standing Scottish fishery leave the MSC programme and I hope that the TNMG will continue their work to establish effective effort control in the area. The recertification and annual surveillance elements of the MSC programme exist to identify important changes in fisheries and in this instance identified a risk to the stock due to increased fishing pressure and management control issues. The sustainability of the fishery is in the interest of all of the fishermen catching langoustine on Loch Torridon – both TNMG members and the non-member boats – and it is in their joint interest to ensure that there are langoustines available for this and future generations. I hope that – at some point in the future – we will be able to welcome Loch Torridon’s langoustine fishermen back into the MSC programme.”
