ANGUS MacNeil has accused the Scottish Government of taking a “high and mighty” approach to controversial fishing restrictions.
A consultation on highly-protected marine areas closed earlier this year, with the Scottish Government proposing to halt human activity in at least 10% of Scotland waters.
“It was clearly unsustainable that they were going to run with that. It was a sort of high and mighty attitude.“Eventually Humza Yousaf saw the tidal wave, if you pardon the pun, coming his way and he climbed down, but he could have climbed down in a better way. He added: “The fishermen that I speak to and that I represent, are very clear that we need to have something sustainable.
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