Reading Time: 5 minutes With Rockall appearing in the news recently, SPICe asked Dr James Harrison, an expert in International Law at the University of Edinburgh for his views
Category: Rural Affairs
The fight for the future of fish
Reading Time: 4 minutes The fishing industry “is engaged in a battle in parliament”. It wants to prevent the UK Fisheries Bill from including a commitment that all fish
Brexit and veterinary workforce pressures – a perfect storm?
Reading Time: 4 minutes If I was to ask you what image comes to mind when thinking about vets, you’d probably think of a time your dog decided it
Scale and concentration of land ownership – the elephant in the room?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Background The scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland has been passionately discussed for more than 40 years, indeed it has been central to
Beavers set to become a protected species in Scotland (or are they?)
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Government has introduced Regulations that will provide beavers (the Eurasian Beaver, otherwise known as the European Beaver) in Scotland with European Protected Species
How are fishing quotas set? Stage 3: The EU December Council
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog is the third in a series of posts setting out the process for determining quotas for fish stocks. The main stages are set