Association’s warning over impact of development on fishing nursery areas

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GREATER attention needs to be paid by planners and policy-makers to the impact of development on key nursery grounds for commercially important fish, according to the Shetland’s fishing association.

It comes with a number of developments planned in and around Shetland’s waters, from large salmon farms to offshore wind farm cabling and a second HVDC cable to the mainland.

The association’s warning follows a new study by UHI Shetland that has identified a series of shallow inshore areas where juvenile cod, haddock, whiting and plaice are prevalent but adult fish are absent.