Stock assessment models urgently need to be revised, according to "troubling" new study which analysed data from 230 fish stocks worldwide, finding assessments are often "overly optimistic".
Mandatory Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) systems will be introduced for all fishing activity including non-UK vessels by early 2025, after a testing phase this summer.
The SFF rejects "naïve" Oceana report saying UK fish stocks in "critical" situation: Scotland has "very well managed fisheries", says Chief Executive Elspeth Macdonald.