Talk provided during the Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre Annual Biologist's Meeting, February 3rd and 4th 2016, Milton Birnam Hotel

1. Fishery Managers Perspective

2. Elgin Commission 1902
Hunter Committee 1965
Scottish Salmon Strategy Task Force
Nickson Report 1997

4.  All species management
 Build on existing strengths and maintain local
involvement.
 Decentralised locally empowered
management within a national framework
 Management plan led
 Based on evidence and sound science
 Training and CPD throughout the sector
 Need to widen participation and promote
fisheries

5.  Stakeholder Reference Group
 ASFB / RAFTS Joint Working Group
 IFM Scottish Branch & training committee /
SFCC
 WFR Strategy working group
 Director’s Group
 Public consultation process.

6.  ‘To protect, develop and enhance social and
economic benefit from Scotland’s freshwater
fish and fisheries; and to promote access to
fishing opportunities and participation.’

7.  Protecting and growing the resource
 Science and research
 Partnership and engagement
 Promotion

8.  Opportunity to create a template for FMO
management plans.
 Use National Strategy themes to link plan
delivery to Strategy
 Could use web mapping approach to locate
issues, management actions proposed and
annual reports on actions.
 Risk based approach to prioritise
management actions.
 Need to link research to needs of
management

9. Influence
egg
deposition
Influence
Smolt
production

10.  Exploitation
 Barriers to Migration
 Predation / competition
 Biosecurity
 Habitat
 Habitat Water Quality
 Habitat Water Quantity
 Habitat Thermal
 Habitat instream
 Habitat Riparian

11.  Development of Fishery Management plan
template.
 Training and CPD
 Resources and funding
 Transitional arrangements during formation
of new structures