Calls for ban on prawn trawlers in the Clyde

MINISTERS are facing mounting pressure to ban trawlers from raking the seabed for prawns to help reverse the catastrophic collapse of fish populations in the mouth of the River Clyde.

A new report by Scottish Government scientists has concluded that past fishing has had "a major ecological impact" on the firth. As many of 90% of the fish are now smaller than the minimum landing size, and 72% of them are just one species – whiting.

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