Marine

• Rural Affairs Secretary welcomes sandeel arbitration ruling

  2nd May 2025 by Marine Directorate Communications

  

  Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Mairi Gougeon has welcomed the decision published today by an arbitration tribunal relating to the closures of sandeel fisheries in UK waters, including in Scotland.   This follows a legal challenge to the closures – which were announced in March 2024 – brought by the EU...

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