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Community of Arran Seabed Trust
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Fines to rogue fishermen fall and illegal fishing escapes prosecution
The number of fines issued to rogue fishermen has decreased over the past three years while skippers caught fishing in protected waters have not been reported to the procurator fiscal, we can reveal.
Official inspections of lice-ridden salmon farm slammed as ‘whitewash’
Government investigations of alleged animal cruelty after lice-infested salmon were filmed at a fish farm on the island of Lewis have been branded a “whitewash”.
Police Scotland acted as ‘private security’ for fish farm, claims campaigner
An environmental campaigner has accused Police Scotland of acting as "private security" for a Norwegian-owned fish farming company.
Thousands of offences by Scottish fishing industry escape fines
Evidence that thousands of offences by Scottish fishing boats have gone unpunished has prompted accusations that the industry is being “let off the hook” by the Scottish Government.