Effective monitoring and enforcement of marine and fishing laws is vital if we are to protect Scotland's valuable marine areas and fisheries. It is important that these are protected by detecting breaches of fisheries regulations by monitoring and inspection at sea and in ports, and then reporting as appropriate to the prosecuting authorities, and by providing intelligence on fishing activity in the sea areas around Scotland.
Marine and fisheries advisory notice: COVID-19 - this notice brings to the attention of managers in the marine and fishing sectors of their duty of care for crew, other personnel and inspectors on-baord their vessels
Actions
Our responsibilities include:
- overseeing the proper use of electronic reporting and recording systems
- monitoring suspicious activity in Scotland's waters
- registering the buyers and sellers of fish and shellfish
- maintaining a fleet of ships and aircraft and fishery offices
- regulating and enforcing the use of pingers
- the use of fixed penalty notices for the fishing industry
- publishing statistics on enforcement relating to marine and fisheries compliance
We have also published:
- an operation plan summary detailing how Marine Scotland will monitor and ensure compliance with The Sea Fish (Prohibition On Fishing) (Firth Of Clyde) (No. 2) Order 2022 (February 2022)
Background
- Marine compliance: UK responsibilities
- List of designated landing ports
- Marine compliance privacy notice
- Marine compliance: marine authorities and their jurisdiction
Related links:
- UK Visas and Immigration
- EUR-Lex: Access to EU law and other public EU documents
- Food Standards Agency Scotland
- Health & Safety Executive
- Legislation.gov.uk: Access to UK legislation
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Marine Management Organisation
- Police Scotland
Bills and legislation
Contact
Email: UKFMC@gov.scot
Phone: 0131 271 9700
Fax: 0131 244 6471
A variety of other contact details, including email addresses and telephone numbers for specific needs and purposes, are available at our central contacts page.