date:Jul 28, 2012
g taken. This would result in the early closure of the fishery.
Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said: We want to do all we can to ensure that fishermen can catch their quotas, however the unprecedented prawn fishing pressures in the West has put that at risk. Therefore I've instructed my officials to urgently explore measures to remedy the situation.
Biological factors mean that prawns have been late appearing in the North Sea but EU measures as part of the Cod Recovery Plan are too infl