TY - JOUR
T1 - The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland
T2 - An opportunity for community ownership?
AU - Agnew Of Lochnaw, Sir Crispin
AU - Appleby, Thomas
AU - Bean, Emma
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The Scottish Government has pledged to reform inshore fisheries by 2020, while the UK Government is in the process of reforming fisheries legislation with the Fisheries Bill, brought forward in anticipation of the departure of the UK from the EU. . As the necessary starting point for any regulatory reform is an understanding of the existing rights subject to regulation, this article investigates the nature of the existing rights to fish in inshore Scottish waters and assesses whether reform of the ownership of Scotland’s fishery needs to be assessed at the same time as its regulation. The article considers the theory behind Scotland’s fishing rights, the extent of the right to fish, the Crown’s right to alienation and the statutory impacts on the right to fish, before finally placing these findings in the context of contemporary developments of Scottish property and land reform law
AB - The Scottish Government has pledged to reform inshore fisheries by 2020, while the UK Government is in the process of reforming fisheries legislation with the Fisheries Bill, brought forward in anticipation of the departure of the UK from the EU. . As the necessary starting point for any regulatory reform is an understanding of the existing rights subject to regulation, this article investigates the nature of the existing rights to fish in inshore Scottish waters and assesses whether reform of the ownership of Scotland’s fishery needs to be assessed at the same time as its regulation. The article considers the theory behind Scotland’s fishing rights, the extent of the right to fish, the Crown’s right to alienation and the statutory impacts on the right to fish, before finally placing these findings in the context of contemporary developments of Scottish property and land reform law
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066933093
SN - 1478-5277
VL - 26
SP - 70
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Water Law
JF - Journal of Water Law
IS - 2
ER -