{"id":12134,"date":"2021-01-05T12:59:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2021-01-05T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T12:59:50","slug":"new-website-for-regional-inshore-fisheries-group-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2021\/01\/05\/new-website-for-regional-inshore-fisheries-group-network\/","title":{"rendered":"New website for Regional Inshore Fisheries Group Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new website to provide fishers with a source of up to date information has been launched by Scotland\u2019s Regional Inshore Fisheries Group (RIFG) network.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/rifg.scot\/\"> website<\/a>, will be regularly updated with input from the five nationwide groups &#8211; North and East Coast RIFG, West Coast RIFG, Outer Hebrides RIFG, Orkney Sustainable Fisheries and Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation. By accessing the site fishers will be able to view project documentation, access minutes of meetings and feed directly into agendas \u2013 all specific to their area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12137\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12137\" class=\"wp-image-12137 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Scotland highlighting the website areas in various colours\" width=\"292\" height=\"422\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02-768x1106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/RIFGBlog02-355x512.jpg 355w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 292px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 292\/422;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Scotland highlighting the website areas in various colours<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The launch of the website is the latest part of Marine Scotland\u2019s drive to support the evolution of the RIFGs, enabling them to become the main vehicle for evidence-based management in inshore waters.<\/p>\n<p>The RIFG network was established in 2016 with the aim of improving the management of inshore fisheries and giving inshore commercial fishermen a strong voice in fisheries and wider marine management developments.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Mouat, Chair, North and East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Group said: \u201cAs we move forward into a new era of fisheries management the Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups will be an integral part of connecting fisheries management and fishers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new RIFG platform will allow a one stop shop for all RIFG information across the network of inshore fisheries groups making key information more accessible to all stakeholders. \u201c<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Background <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/scotlands-future-fisheries-management-strategy-2020-2030\/\">Future Fisheries Management Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new website to provide fishers with a source of up to date information has been launched by Scotland\u2019s Regional Inshore Fisheries Group (RIFG) network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":12136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[953],"class_list":["post-12134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fisheries","tag-fisheries-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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