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Marine and fisheries compliance: reports of illegal fishing in marine protected areas

Number of reports of alleged illegal fishing in an marine protected area (MPA) from Marine Scotland.

Reports from 1 June to 31 December 2022

			Gear Type
Closure name	Total number of reports	No. of individual vessels identified	Trawl	Dredge	Creel	Other	N/K	Comments
Loch Fyne MPA	2	2		1	1
Wester Ross MPA	2	2	1	1
Rockall	4	3	4
South Arran MPA	9	3	4	1	3 (b)	1 (a)		(a)Hand dive - scallops (b) Fleets & creel marker bouys
Totals	17	10	9	3	4	1

Email: UKFMC@gov.scot

Phone: 0131 271 9700

Fax: 0131 244 6471

First published: 30 July 2021
Last updated: 14 February 2024 - show all updates
All updates: 14 February 2024
Added most recent data.

22 September 2023
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25 May 2023
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18 April 2023
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19 July 2022
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24 January 2022
Updated to include data from June to November 2021. Text also updated.

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