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Consultation on Fishing Vessel Licensing launched

December 16, 2013 by Marine Scotland Communications No Comments | Category Fisheries

In 2009, the Scottish Licensing Review Working Group (SLRWG), a joint industry/Marine Scotland group, was established. The membership was set up to represent each catching sector rather than geographical locations. 

The remit of the group was to carry out a full review of the licensing arrangements in Scotland, with a view to informing future policy developments and, where appropriate, recommending changes to the current licensing system in operation.

This consultation is in union with wider considerations and decisions designed to allow Scotland along with other UK Fisheries Administrations, to have a greater degree of control over the management of fishing opportunities and their identified fishing fleets, all within a UK-wide quota, effort management and licensing system. Marine Scotland’s recently published Aid to Adapt Action Plan shows the Scottish Governments commitment to making ‘changes to licensing systems that will reduce costs and add significantly to the flexibilities available to licence holders’.

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