Death knell for the Scottish Fishing industry

Collapse of the Scottish fishing industry highlights the issue of UK fish exports to Europe

Useful graph of exports and imports with commentary from a wide range of UK inputs

A guide to current financial and welfare support for the fishing industry

Useful contacts for the fishing industry
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is working to continue to provide its services during the unfolding events around the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim in these unprecedented times is to continue to support the industry and help it to keep fishing and trading, and be ready to recover when the time comes. 

How to sell your catch direct  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/buyers-and-sellers-of-first-sale-fish-and-submission-of-sales-notes

Guide link https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63186143/rb-guide-v4 

Europes response

“Europe’s fishermen and aquaculture farmers are used to fighting the elements. But the coronavirus is a different kind of storm. The Commission therefore proposes a range of targeted actions addressing the urgent challenges that our seafood community faces. These measures will help protecting thousands of jobs in the EU’s coastal regions and maintaining food security.”

Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

The package of specific temporary measures includes:

1. support to fishers for the temporary cessation of fishing activities due to coronavirus;
2. support to aquaculture farmers for the suspension or reduction of production due to coronavirus;
3. support to producer organisations for the temporary storage of fishery and aquaculture products;
4. a more flexible reallocation of financial resources within the operational programme of each

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