date:Nov 14, 2012
In 2011 the number of fishermen employed in the Scottish fleet dropped below 5,000 for the first time, reflecting reductions in landings and the difficulty of operating profitably in the current economic climate. In any assessment of the strategic importance of the U.K. fishing and aquaculture industry, consideration must be given to the number of additional downstream jobs that are provided by the seafood processing sector, as the number of these jobs exceeds those in the catching and farming s