Fishing interests in the south west are being urged to get behind a petition urging the Scottish Government to drop plans to designate at least 10 per cent of the country’s seas as highly protected marine areas (HMPAs).
The campaign calls for the controversial policy – which would ban all types of fishing in the protected zones – to be ditched.
The petition was launched at Holyrood on Thursday – with Kirkcudbright-based West Coast Sea Products general manager Stuart King among those gathering support.
