www.scottishfishermen.co.uk

The Scottish Fishermen's Organisation is a Producer Organisation (PO) that undertakes direct marketing activities, and implements the EU price support scheme for fish. An essential part of this scheme is the grading of fish according to size and quality criteria.

The Organisation also manages the fishing activities of its members, who encompass pelagic fisheries (herring, mackerel, sprats), demersal (cod, haddock, saithe, whiting, plaice, megrim, monkfish, sole, skate, turbot and other bottom feeding fish) and shellfish (crabs, lobsters, nephrops, scallops and shrimps).  This activity makes it one of the largest fisheries managers in Europe.

The Organisation currently has 300 active vessel members in ports around the Scottish coast, from Girvan in the South West, to Peterhead in the North East, and also in the islands to the north and west including the Hebrides and Orkney.