Scottish Nephrops Working Group Report: Scottish Government response

8. Delivering change

8.1. Establish a Programme board to oversee the strategy and the programme of recommendations

8.2. Within the Programme Board appoint a champion for each strategy and for delivery of the recommendations prioritised by industry

Scottish Government response

We welcome the collaborative approach recommended in the report. Collaboration is already a key part of our fisheries management approach, with a commitment to co-management contained within our FFM Strategy.

As this work moves forward, we see the potential for lessons to be drawn from the nephrops industry that might be transferable to wider parts of the seafood sector and would form part of recommendations in the seafood strategy to be published in 2022.