In general, it has been positive, but because we are dealing with the Crown Estate on a range of issues, the experience with regard to each might well be different.
With salmon fishing, we have had a very positive relationship with the Crown Estate, which leases its fishings occasionally to private owners but very often to angling clubs. As I have said, it also participates on the district salmon fishery boards. We are in favour of the management of those fisheries being devolved further, because that will have lots of benefits not so much from an economic perspective but from a wider environmental and social perspective with regard to encouraging access to fishings and getting more people fishing, which is an issue for our sector.
As far as salmon farming is concerned, the Crown Estate takes more of the landlord-type approach that has been highlighted. It is one of a number of elements of the regulatory system, which the committee has previously looked at, and I think that there is a lot of scope for bringing things together and having a much more coherent system of regulation. The Crown Estate has a role to play in that respect, but as far as our interactions are concerned, we have been involved in several projects with it and our experience has always been very positive.
With regard to marine renewables, we were involved in the MeyGen development on the north coast, and the Crown Estate provided some support in getting people around the table for that project. Again, the experience was positive, but one of the things that we would like to see in the bill is a greater emphasis on sustainable development instead of the economic development that has been emphasised in the past.
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