Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement (IFMI): call for evidence

Part 1 - You and Your Business

We are keen to understand how views differ between sectors as well as geographically.

1. What is your role in relation to the commercial inshore fisheries sector in Scotland? Please select one:

• Science & academia
• Inshore commercial fisher
• National fishers’ representative
• Regional fishers’ representative
• Seafood processing / other ancillary seafood sector
• Coastal community group
• Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (eNGO)
• Public sector
• Other (For example, hobby fisher).

2. Of the six Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups, which one are you most closely associated with geographically?

• South West Coast - Ardnamurchan Point to the national border with England in the Solway Firth, including Inner Hebrides south of Ardnamurchan.
• North West Coast - Cape Wrath in the north to Ardnamurchan Point, including Inner Hebrides north of Ardnamurchan.
• Outer Hebrides - from the baseline between the Butt of Lewis and Barra Head, as well as the sea out from St Kilda, the Flannan Isles, North Rona and Sula Sgeir.
• North and East Coast - Durness on the north coast and all of the east coast down to Burnmouth close to the border with England.
• Orkney - Orkney, extending out to 12 miles around the isles and the waters surrounding Sule Skerry to the west.
• Shetland
• None (i.e. a national body)