Shetland Anger Over " Poaching" Claim
SHELLFISHERMEN in Shetland are up in arms over claims that an English-registered crabber has allegedly been in breach of the islands' inshore fisheries management system for the second time within a year.
The 24-metre Devon-registered Amadeus TH7 was reportted to have been seen fishing for crab close inshore and fishers claim she was within the area of the Shetland Regulating Order.
But project-officer with the Lerwick-based Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO), Campbell Jamieson said there was not much he could do to force the Amadeus beyond the 6-mile limit.
As the Regulating Order is policed by "community enforcement," the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) has so far declined to board vessels and check licences.
Should fisheries be closed during breeding time to allow stocks to reach more sustainable levels?
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