FISHING industry leaders met with UK immigration minister Robert Goodwill MP on Tuesday to discuss crew shortages.
This meeting followed on another on November 4 when MP Angus MacNeil met Mr Goodwill together with Argyll and Bute MP Brendan O’Hara, who also represents fishing communities. At this meeting, the minister agreed to meet with fishing industry leaders before the end of the year.
Mr MacNeil said: ‘I am pleased that Mr Goodwill has kept to his word and met with fishing industry leaders, who included representatives from the Western Isles.