Meeting of the Parliament 04 December 2025
One of the ways in which we support skills development in Scotland’s important fishing industry is through our marine fund Scotland. In the north-east, examples include funding a training manager within Opportunity North East’s seafood transformation project, and providing funding to the North East Fishermen’s Training Association to invest in training equipment to allow fishers to undertake Maritime and Coastguard Agency courses. The fund has also provided more than £800,000 to Seafish to provide safety training to fishers across Scotland.
The recent update on our fisheries management strategy delivery plan set out our commitment to continue to work in partnership with our fishing industry and Seafish to identify and support the delivery of actions in support of safety and career development training.