
Published date
March 2004
The Scottish Fishing Industry
A secure and sustainable future for the Scottish Fishing Industry is achievable, but not without a long-term view being taken and important changes being made both to policy and management. Continued social and economic hardship for parts of the industry and dependent communities is unfortunately inevitable, at least until stocks can be restored to sustainable levels. This is the view of the independent expert committee set up by The RSE in the first major investigation undertaken into the future of the Scottish Fishing Industry.
The full inquiry can be found here: The Scottish Fishing Industry