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Brown crab - Minimum Landing Size

Q1. Do you support increasing the minimum landing size for brown crab to 150 mm carapace width?

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East coast 140 mm is fine no need to change as we don't land brown crab all year round.

Q2. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from an MLS increase for brown crab, and if so why?

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All of the east coast.

Velvet crab - Minimum landing Size

Q3. Do you support increasing the minimum landing size for velvet crab to 70 mm carapace width?

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Q4. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from an MLS increase for velvet crab, and if so why?

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All of the east coast.

Velvet crab - Berried velvet crab

Q5. Do you support prohibiting the landing of berried velvet crab?

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Lobster - Minimum Landing Size

Q7. Do you support increasing the minimum landing size for lobster to 90 mm carapace length?

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This will take 80% of my catch.

No stop all Black Boats from fishing for lobster from Golspie to Balintore. 26 Boats fishing with no licence.

Q8. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from an MLS increase for lobster, and if so why?

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Plenty of juvenile lobsters on grounds stop pleasure boats taking them and v notched lobsters off the ground.

You will price lobster off menus it will be too expensive.

All areas of east coast can't make a living if I have to put 80% back.

Q9. If you support an MLS increase, how would you prefer to see it introduced?

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Immediate increase to 88 mm then to 90 mm one year thereafter
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Never.

If you change you will have to give 3 years notice as we have payment on boats. Can't take 80% of our income overnight.

Lobster - Maximum Landing Size

Q10. Do you support decreasing the maximum landing size for female lobster to 145 mm carapace length?

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No

Q11. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from a maximum landing size reduction for female lobster, and if so why?

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All of east coast as we don't have

Q12. Do you support introducing a maximum landing size for male lobster of 145 mm carapace length?

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No need for it

Q13. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from a maximum landing size for male lobster, and if so why?

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All of the east coast.

Marine Scotland need to put a stop to all these proposals and have meetings with fishermen in all areas first.

Lobster - Crippled lobsters

Q14. Do you support prohibiting the landing of 'crippled' lobsters?

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keep the crippled lobsters of the ground

So we have a healthy breeding stock

Q15. Are there any areas of the coast that you think should be excluded from a prohibition on the landing of ‘crippled’ lobsters, and if so why?

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All of Scotland.

All areas should be excluded. You want a healthy breeding stock, not cripples that can't defend themselves.