Yet where Mr Pittman was abrasive and relished the limelight, Mr Logan prefers a good book to a Manhattan cocktail party, and fishing for bass over dining at the Four Seasons.

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In the European elections in June, their ten-year-old party, Shooting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions, got 1.2m votes, almost 7% of the total, enough to give them six seats in the European Parliament.

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Judging by the furious reaction from Scottish fishing groups ahead of its publication - as well as the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives - that seems a tall order.

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But Scottish Green Party leader Robin Harper angrily denounced the two main opposition parties, describing calls for increased fishing quotas as "lunacy" and "a destructive response to an environmental crisis".

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