Popular North East Skipper, Jimmy Buchan of Amity II, has expressed his support for the expanding Fishing For Litter scheme that is cleaning the nation''s seas.
The innovative scheme provides fishing boats with bags to collect marine rubbish, which is trawled up during their normal fishing activities, and bring it ashore for disposal. Mr Buchan has been running the scheme aboard Amity II for a few years now and is convinced that the scheme is making a difference to the state of the seabed.
“As we return to certain areas I am picking up less litter. We are making a difference, of that I am sure. I am a keen supporter of this good stewardship scheme and would encourage those who haven’t to sign up to the scheme. Look after your back yard and it will look after you.”
The scheme is now running in all of Scotland’s designated landing ports meaning that skippers can collect bags and land marine litter wherever they fish.
