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Marine and fisheries compliance: reports of illegal fishing in marine protected areas
Number of reports of alleged illegal fishing in a marine protected area (MPA) from Marine Directorate.
Reports from 1 January to 30 June 2025
| Gear type | ||||||||
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| Closure name | Total number of reports | Total number of vessels | Trawl | Dredge | Creel | Other | N/K | Comments |
| Upper Loch Fyne MPA | 2 | 2 | No figures for comparison for same period in 2024 | |||||
| St Andrews Bay | 1 | 1 | 1 | No figures for comparison for same period in 2024 | ||||
| South Arran MPA | 1 | 1 | 1 | Increase from one to two vessels compared to same period in 2024 | ||||
| Lamlash NTZ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Increase from one to four vessels compared to same period in 2024 | ||
| Wester Ross MPA | 1 | 1 | 1 | No figures for comparison for same period in 2024. Fishing with twin rigs within Inner MPA |
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| Scapa Flow | 5 | 1 | 5 | No figures for comparison for same period in 2024 | ||||
| Loch Sunart to Sound of Jura MPA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Decrease from four to two vessels compared to same period in 2024 | |||
| Loch Sween MPA | 1 | 1 | 1 | Same figures for same period in 2024 | ||||
| Rockall | 5 | 4 | 5 | Decrease from eleven to four vessels compared to same period in 2024 | ||||
| Totals | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
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