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- The fishing industry in Scotland comprises a significant proportion of the United Kingdom fishing industry. A recent inquiry by the Royal Society of Edinburgh found fishing to be of much greater social, economic and cultural importance to Scotland than it is relative to the rest of the UK. Scotland has just 8.4 per cent of the UK population but lands at its ports over 60 per cent of the total catch in the UK. Many of these are ports in relatively remote communities such as Kinlochbervie and Lerwick, which are scattered along an extensive coastline and which, for centuries, have looked to fishing as the main source of employment. Restrictions imposed under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) affect all European fishing fleets, but they have proved particularly severe in recent years for the demersal fish or whitefish sector (boats mainly fishing for cod, haddock and whiting) of the Scottish fishing industry. (en)
- Fiskeindustrin i Skottland utgör en stor del av den brittiska fiskeindustrin. Fiskehamnarna är oftast är placerade i små och avlägsna kommuner såsom Fraserburgh, Kinlochbervie och Lerwick, vilka är utspridda längs kusten och som i århundraden haft fiske som den primära näringen. (sv)
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