A Scottish seafood industry leader says that quotas must be returned to working fishermen because the costs of leasing threaten the entire financial balance of the industry.
The huge cost of leasing quota is sucking working capital out of the industry to such an extent that the loss of profitability threatens to undermine the entire industry infrastructure, he said.
Will Clark, chairman of the Scottish Seafood and Peterhead and Fraserburgh Fish Processors Associations, vice-chairman of Seafood Scotland and managing director of processor Wilsea, says the problem of quota brokers being interested only in maximizing their profits to the detriment of the working elements of the industry is being ignored by Marine Scotland.
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