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    The fishing industry in Scotland comprises a significant proportion of the United Kingdom fishing industry. A recent inquiry by the Royal Society of Edinburgh...
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  • The Fishing Party was a political party in Scotland formed and officially registered in 2003. Largely a single-issue party, its formation was prompted...
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  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott...
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    purpose-built fishing vessels were designed and made by David Allan in Leith, Scotland in March 1875, when he converted a drifter to steam power. In 1877, he...
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    with fishing flies, are considered to be a traditional local craft of the Kaga region. Although anglers in Scotland and Ireland had been fishing the lochs...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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    Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which...
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  • The Moray Firth fishing disaster of August 1848 was one of the worst fishing disasters in maritime history on the east coast of Scotland, and was caused...
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    Magnet fishing, also called magnetic fishing, is searching in outdoor waters for ferromagnetic objects available to pull with a strong neodymium magnet...
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  • Yole (category Fishing in Scotland)
    A yole is a clinker-built boat that was used for fishing particularly in the north of Scotland. The best known of these is the Orkney Yole. They were...
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    Netherlands and in many British fishing ports, particularly in East Scottish ports. Until the mid-1960s fishing fleets in the North Sea comprised drifters...
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    Finnan haddie (category Fishing in Scotland)
    representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland. The origin of finnan haddie is the subject of debate, as some sources...
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    chance to succeed. So far no reports have neen made public. Fishing industry in Scotland "EU maritime policy web-site". European Commission. "International...
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    Currach (category Fishing in Scotland)
    or calico, a substitute for animal hide. Currachs were used in the modern period for fishing, for ferrying and for the transport of goods and livestock...
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    the western coast of the Orkney mainland, off Scotland, was a small Neolithic agricultural and fishing village with ten stone houses. It was occupied...
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    A fishing net is a net used for fishing. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example fyke nets. Fishing nets are usually meshes formed by...
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  • Herring Queen Festival (category Fishing in Scotland)
    of local townspeople make the selection after nominees were interviewed. Fishing industry in Scotland Eyemouth Herring Queen Festival v t e v t e v t e...
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    Malin Sea (category Fishing in Scotland)
    southwest of Scotland. It is connected to the Irish Sea by the North Channel, and overlaps the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. Of the UK Shipping...
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    British Fishing Limits adjacent to Scotland. It was introduced in accordance with the Scotland Act 1998, which established the devolved Scottish Parliament...
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    The Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland is a marine area designated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). It consists of a number...
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    Pittenweem (category Fishing communities in Scotland)
    Pittenweem (/ˌpɪtənˈwiːm/ listen) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population...
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  • Yoal (category Fishing in Scotland)
    to as the ness yoal, is a clinker-built craft used traditionally in Shetland, Scotland. It is designed primarily for rowing, but also handles well under...
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    Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit...
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    Böd of Gremista (category Fishing in Scotland)
    Shetland, Scotland, is a typical 18th century Shetland fishing booth (or böd). It is protected as a category B listed building. The Böd was built in 1780 by...
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    Lobster trap (category Fishing equipment)
    portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing. In Scotland (chiefly in the north), the word creel is used to refer to a device...
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  • Fishing Party may refer to: Fishing Party (Australia), a minor political party founded 2000 Fishing Party (Scotland), a single-issue political party founded...
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    Retrieved 26 December 2023. "Robson Green and Jim Murray on fly fishing in Scotland – and how the hobby got them through dark times". thecourier.co.uk...
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  • Fiona Armstrong (category English people of Scottish descent)
    programmes on Scottish topics including fishing and Scottish clans. Armstrong was born in Preston, Lancashire. As a child she lived for ten years in Nigeria...
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    A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps/prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the...
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  • Mac Fisheries (category Fishing in Scotland)
    for £167,000. Convinced that he could resurrect the fishing industry, he set about investing in all aspects of the supporting industries and supply/distribution...
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