New regulations will also be introduced for marking creels, reducing the use of plastic items that can become detached and create marine litter.<\/p>\n
\u201cScotland\u2019s inshore fisheries are one of our most valuable community assets. Fishers and their businesses make a significant contribution to the economic and cultural fabric of our coastal communities, which is why we are taking steps to protect this valuable resource,\u201d said Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing.<\/p>\n
Additional measures include the establishment of an Inner Sound Local Fisheries Advisory Group to better manage the waters east of Skye and Raasay, a new website to allow fishers to better interact with their local Regional Inshore Fisheries Group, and continuing work to reduce gear conflict and better manage disagreements between fishers.<\/p>\n
Monitoring technology to support the programme will be installed by Woodsons of Aberdeen, with work expected to start in April, beginning with the scallop dredge fleet.<\/p>\n
\u201cModernising our approach to vessel monitoring and tracking will give us better insight into the inshore fleet\u2019s profile – how it operates, how it adapts and what matters most to its sustainable development,\u201d Fergus Ewing commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a proportionate approach founded on established technology. It will put Scotland at the forefront internationally in how we use innovation to better manage our waters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Electronic monitoring and tracking is part of a package of measures being taken to protect Scotland\u2019s inshore fleet. A new programme will monitor fishing vessels in inshore waters, will help establish local fisheries management arrangements and empower local fishers and their coastal communities, according to the Scottish Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fisheries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}