Fishing quota - additional allocation from 2024: consultation - business and regulatory impact assessment

Business and regulatory impact assessment to assess the impacts associated with the allocation of additional quota.


5. Business

Both Scottish sectoral groups and sectoral groups from the rest of the UK were engaged with, and the consultation attracted several detailed responses from these groups. Officials also engaged with individual fishing businesses from both sectoral and non-sector vessels (Table 3).

Table 3: Businesses and representative bodies engaged in the course of the AQ consultation.
Organisation Size Sector Location Form of Engagement
Scottish Fishermens Organisation 132 vessels Sectoral fleet Scotland-wide Meeting, response to consultation
Shetland Fish Producers Organisation 33 vessels Sectoral fleet Shetland Meeting, response to consultation
Shetland Fishermen’s Association 116 vessels Sectoral and non-sector fleet Shetland Meeting, response to consultation
West of Scotland Fish Producers Organisation 40 vessels Sectoral fleet West of Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Orkney Fish Producers Organisation 23 vessels Sectoral fleet Scotland-wide Meeting, response to consultation
Anglo Scottish Fish Producers Organisation 19 vessels Sectoral fleet Southeast Scotland & Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Aberdeen Fish Producers Organisation 18 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Interfish Producers Organisation 2 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland & Shetland Meeting, response to consultation
Klondyke Quota Management Group 3 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Lunar Quota Management Group 4 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
North East of Scotland Fish Producers Organisation 16 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
East of England Fish Producers Organisation 3 vessels Sectoral fleet Northeast Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Wales and West Coast Fish Producers Organisation 1 Scottish vessel Sectoral fleet West of Scotland Meeting, response to consultation
Western Isles Fishermen’s Association 152 vessels Non-sector fleet Na h-Eileanan Siar Meeting, response to consultation
Clyde Ffish 40 vessels Non-sector fleet West of Scotland Meeting
Communities Inshore Fisheries Alliance 6 fishers assocations Non-sector fleet Scotland-wide Response to consultation
Orkney Fisheries Association 49 vessels Non-sector fleet Orkney Meeting, response to consultation
Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation 10 fishers associations Non-sector fleet Scotland-wide Meeting, response to consultation
Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups 5 RIFGs Non-sector fleet Scotland-wide Meeting, response to consultation
Onshore fishing businesses 9 businesses Fish merchants & retail Scotland-wide Public consultation
Individual Fishing Vessels 49 vessels 48 sectoral vessels, 1 non-sector vessel Scotland-wide Public consultation

Note: some vessels are members of more than one organisation so there will be a small amount of duplication in numbers presented.

Contact

Email: accesstoseafisheries@gov.scot

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