Membership of Orkney Sustainable Fisheries is open to any active fishermen working in Orkney waters. Board members are elected on an open application basis with members co-opted to ensure widespread industry representation from each of the local sectors: static gear, scallop dredging, scallop diving, demersal fisheries, hand-lined mackerel, shellfish processing, live shellfish exports and local representative organisations. The Chairman is appointed by the Board with this being endorsed by Marine Scotland (MS). The mechanism for appointing the Chair and their term in office will be determined in line with MSs national framework for IFGs.
Board meetings are held quarterly with these being advertised on this website as well as the Marine Scotland IFG website.
Board Meeting Minutes:
2017
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 22.02.17
2016
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 23.11.16
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 24.08.16
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 25.04.16
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 26.01.16
2015
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 27.10.15
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 27.07.15
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 04.02.15
2014
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 06.11.14
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 29.07.14
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 14.04.14
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 15.01.14
2013
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 15.11.13
Minutes of OSF Board Meeting: 26.04.13
Current board members:
Name |
Position/Occupation | Boat Name |
Stewart Crichton – Chair | Managing Director OFS Ltd -Processor/Merchant | |
Dawson Shearer – Vice Chair & Hatcher Manager | Manager O-Fish Shell Ltd -Live Shellfish Merchant | |
Fiona Matheson- Secretary | Secretary Orkney Fisherman’s Association | |
Sean Dennison | Skipper/Owner – Creel Fisherman | Queline |
Martin Foulis | Skipper/Owner – Creel Fisherman | Alison Marie |
Heddle Costie | Skipper/Owner – Creel Fisherman | Heather K |
Tommy Tulloch | Skipper/Owner – Demersal Trawler | Keila |
Robbie Hutchinson | Skipper/Owner-Creel Fishermen/Multi-purpose dredger | Maggie J |
Neil Matheson | Skipper Owner –Hand line Mackerel | |
Gary Miller | Skipper/Owner -Scallop Diver | Millennium |
George Costie | Live Shellfish Merchant | |
Gina Brown | Dive Boat Owner | |
Tommy Sincalir | Owner/Landlord Lobster Hatchery |