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Regional IFG Chair Recruitment

February 2, 2016 by Marine Scotland Communications No Comments | Category Fisheries, Marine Directorate general

Marine Scotland is seeking to appoint two independent Chairs for the West Coast and North & East Coast Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups, for an initial period of 18 months. There are five inshore fisheries management bodies in Scotland. These appointments relate to the two mainland Inshore Fisheries Groups.

Inshore Fisheries Groups (IFGs) are non-statutory bodies that develop and take forward inshore fisheries management plans for their respective areas. Their aim is to improve the management of Scotland’s inshore fisheries out to six nautical miles, and to give commercial inshore fishermen an effective voice in wider marine management developments.

Two Regional IFGs are being formed to cover the West Coast and the North & East Coast of Scotland. This new structure replaces four IFGs that currently cover the mainland coast and will be in place from April 2016. Background information on IFGs, including the creation of the Regional IFGs, can be found at www.ifgs.org.uk.

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