Emigration from Scotland’s fishing communities was high in the 1880s. Catches were poor and the Russian Revolution had caused the collapse of one of the most reliable markets for Scottish fish.

Now, the much-maligned sculpture of a fisherman in the Galloway town of Annan looks likely to be melted down in a move that has angered its creator. The £40,000 monument, built to honour the men ...

Members of the Scottish fishing industry have called for "clarity" on the implications of the draft agreement on leaving the EU. On Wednesday, Scottish Secretary David Mundell backed the draft ...

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John Swinney must take a “balanced and rational approach” to fishing rather than the “ideologically driven and unevidenced plans” of the Scottish Green-led policies, a leading body for the ...

It was agreed in the early hours of Wednesday at Brussels talks on fishing quotas for 2020. Prior to those discussions, representatives of Scottish trawler-men agreed to a 50% reduction in the cod ...

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The Scottish government has scrapped its plans to create Highly Protected Marine Areas in 10% of Scotland's seas. The proposals would have restricted fishing and other human activities in some ...

An SNP government is doing all we can to regain markets and opportunities for our fish and seafood sector. The UK secured a worse deal for Scotland’s fishing sector than we would have had under the ...