IN AN article published in The Oban Times on February 1, headlined ‘Support for Mull crabbing zone’, we said last month’s meeting of Mull Community Council backed plans to create a crabbing zone to the west of Mull, following a presentation by Nick Turnbull of Mull Aquaculture and Fisheries Association (MAFA).
Nick Turnbull is, in fact, chairman of Mull Fishermen’s Association (MFA), not Mull Aquaculture and Fisheries Association, which no longer exists. We apologise for the error.
Mr Turnbull added that the project also had ‘the support of the local Mull scallop dredgers’, and ‘should benefit all sectors’. It is being progressed by the West Coast Inshore Fishery Group, of which the MFA is a sub-group.