The minister added that a successful outcome would ensure the local prawn fleet "will be able to fish the prawn quota in future unfettered by the number of days they can spend at sea".

BBC: December Fisheries Council Meeting

Similarly, fish exports, once produced almost entirely by an ocean-going fleet, are now seeing the growth of salmon farms.

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Under initial European Commission proposals announced recently, the Scottish fleet of whitefish and prawn vessels would only be able to fish four days every fortnight next year.

BBC: Ministerial statement: Cod recovery plan

The Scottish fleet has been working to minimise discards by using nets which only catch certain species of fish.

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