The electrofishing for razor clams trial started in February 2018 (after public consultation in 2016) and is currently authorised until January 2025. The Science Evidence, Data and Digital portfolio of the Marine Directorate (formerly Marine...

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 14 No 05 This report presents the results of Scottish regional brown crab (Cancer pagurus), velvet crab (Necora puber) and lobster (Homarus gammarus) stock assessments carried out by Marine Scotland...

The mapping is based of secondary data sources for bottom fishing pressure (OSPAR), sediment type and organic carbon (OC) content (Smeaton et al 2021), and sediment lability as a function of grain size (Smeaton et al 2022). A new calculation...

These datasets provide fishing effort and landings data (tonnage and value) by ICES rectangles (geographic areas).