Born in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife, I was educated at the local school - 
“The fishing industry in
Scotland has built up a reputation for following the rules over the years that
has allowed the Scottish Government to secure agreement in Europe for
us to try innovative new practices such as the Catch Quota Scheme.
This reputation has come at a huge cost and after extreme sacrifices from the
fishing industry and the communities that support it, as people in Banffshire
& Buchan Coast know only too well.
“It is disappointing that a
small number of people chose to put the reputation and livelihoods of the rest
of the industry at risk. However, as they have been caught and punished for
breaking the law I hope that we can now put this behind us without the good reputation
of the rest of the fishing industry in Scotland being tarnished in any way by
these events.”
