As part of a review of content, this course will be deleted from OpenLearn on Friday 1st May 2020. This free course, Fishing: can it be sustainably managed? aims to explore the ways in which fishing, an economic activity, can also
be understood as an environmental problem. Video, charts, tables and activities will introduce the UK commercial fishing industry and how management techniques are applied in a quest to achieve sustainable fish stocks. The interplay of historical, economic,
social, political and geographical factors that shape the UK fishing industry are also considered.

Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies within the exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom and is claimed by the UK as its territory. As Dr Gerry Mooney explains, this claim is not recognised by its neighbours.

Dr Gerry Mooney looks at the importance of Scotland's fishing industry and how Brexit is leading to an uncertain future.

The Leave campaign promised that Brexit would help fishers ‘take back control’ of Britain’s fishing waters and stocks. But how quotas are allocated has always been a national decision.

Quotas and overfishing—Liza Griffin explores the implications of the British appetite for fish

Once a draw for holiday makers, Scarborough has had to repackage itself as a creative industries hub to thrive in the 21st Century.