The fishery for Nephrops in Scottish waters has developed from a few tonnes in the early 1960s to over 32,000 tonnes in 2008, and Nephrops is currently the most valuable species landed in Scotland (95.5 million in 2008).
In this report, Ecotrust lays out ten programme features that the Council should address to improve the design of the Pacific Fishery Management Council's proposed catch share programmeme for the West Coast Trawl Fishery.
