Policy Papers
Shetland's fishing industry is pro-active in developing proposals that will further enhance the sustainable management of stocks in sensible, practicable ways. The papers published in this section present these proposals in accessible fashion.
- Trends in the Abundances of North Sea Fish | SFA Briefing Notes, September 2024 (3.0 MB)
- Trends in the Abundances of Scotland's Seabirds | SFA Briefing Notes, September 2024 (10.5 MB)
- ICES-plus: Scientific Advice in Fisheries Management | Policy Paper 4, June 2021 (2.6 MB)
- Maximum Sustainable Yield | SFA Briefing Notes, February 2020 (5.2 MB)
- North Sea Cod - Some Key Facts | SFA Briefing Notes, September 2019 (295.4 kB)
- Rebuilding Scotland's Inshore Fisheries | Policy Paper 3, August 2019 (6.6 MB)
- Beyond EMFF Funding | Scotland’s Fisheries Sector | Policy Paper 2, June 2019 (6.0 MB)
- A New Approach to Discards in Scotland | Policy Paper 1, April 2019 (4.8 MB)