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Motion · S4M-08278 · 12 Nov 2013

Cockles Need Muscles

Lodged by Alex Fergusson Members' Business Motion 26 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the announcement of a management study involving a multiagency partnership led by Marine Scotland to develop management methods of cockle fishing in the Solway Firth that are sustainable and will bring maximum benefits to the local economy; further welcomes the involvement of local hand-gatherers in the partnership and congratulates the recently formed cooperative of local cockle fishermen on winning the tender to carry out the study; believes that the partnership of local community, industry and the relevant agencies represents the best opportunity of developing a sustainable local industry into the future and commends the study on its aims of the safe and controlled hand-gathering of cockles on the beach, transportation of cockles between the beach and a single collection point, the fair and transparent payment to cocklers and the use of a single distribution point; believes that what it considers this innovative study represents a major step toward introducing a long-term sustainable model of cockle fishing on the Solway and elsewhere, and warmly congratulates everyone involved in bringing what it sees as this valuable initiative together, while wishing the various participants every success for the three-month period of the study.

Supporters (26)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.