Inshore Fisheries Management Improvement: call for evidence analysis report

Part 1: You and Your Business

In total, 100 written responses were received to the Call for Evidence. Most responses were submitted to Citizen Space, the Scottish Government’s online platform for public consultation, although some responses were also received via email. These responses were reviewed by the research team and uploaded to Citizen Space.

Of those who responded to the Call for Evidence, 52 individuals and 48 organisations submitted responses. Eight respondents submitted their response as part of a campaign, although respondents were able to edit their response and consequently these responses are analysed as any other individual respondent.

Question 1: What is your role in relation to the commercial inshore fisheries sector in Scotland?

Respondents were given the choice of options outlined within Table 1 when answering this question. Please note that some respondents stated that they held more than one role, hence the total number of respondents in Table 1 being more than the 100 respondents who responded to the Call for Evidence.

Question 2: Of the six Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups, which one are you most closely associated with geographically?

Respondents were given the choice of options outlined within Table 2 when answering this question. Respondents also provided information on which Regional Inshore Fisheries Group they were most closely associated with geographically (table 2). Of those who responded, 26 (over a quarter of respondents) were not associated with a geographic region (e.g. they were a national body). The region with the highest number of respondents was the South West Coast (23), with the lowest number of respondents from Shetland (3) and Orkney (5).