Mr Wheelhouse later told BBC Alba that officials had handled the tendering process in good faith.
Paul Wheelhouse said lawyers were examining the possibility of letting the rights directly to the crofters.
The spotting scheme was launched by environment minister and Paw Scotland chairman Paul Wheelhouse.
Scotland's Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said workers were clearing the site as a matter of urgency.
Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said fishing was a key part of Scotland's rural heritage and modern economy.
At Holyrood, Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse blamed "exceptional cold snaps" among other factors for missing the target.
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Holyrood's Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse believed the Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill would support farms and protect fish stocks.
Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said the crofters' association bid for the lease was "substantially" lower than the winning bid.
In 2005, when online banking was gaining traction, most community banks considered it out of their wheelhouse of possibilities.
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"We have made sure that the successful bidder is going to work with the local community, " said Mr Wheelhouse.
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He said the boat and the wheelhouse had broken in half after it ran aground on the north Cornwall coast.
Sainsbury also announced that Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, head of its remuneration committee, had resigned along with fellow non-executive director Lord Levene.
Max Baucus spend months in a wheelhouse, only to wind up with a plan that maybe one Republican will support.
Mr Wheelhouse said only 21% of planning applications for large-scale wind farms considered by government-appoint planning officials in 2012-13 were approved.
America requires steady and competent hands in the wheelhouse of the ship of state as it traverses very treacherous international waters.
Earlier, Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse told BBC Scotland the crofters' association bid for the lease was "substantially" lower than the successful bid.
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Mr Wheelhouse urged people to stay safe and plan their journey carefully.
The Port of London Authority was also criticised for not ordering such boats to station a forward lookout in contact with the wheelhouse.
Mr Wheelhouse said government agency Scottish Natural Heritage had been mapping wild land and this data would help a review of planning policy.
Its report has now been sent to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse, Tayside and Grampian Police and the RSPB.
Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said Raasay Crofters' Association has been given the lease until 1 March to allow time for the consultation to happen.
Mr Wheelhouse also passed on his condolences to the family of a crewman killed when an oil support vessel was hit by severe gales.
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Never have I been in one like I was in for Three Rivers, and I realize it's because Three Rivers is so in their wheelhouse.
Welcoming the introduction of the bill, Mr Wheelhouse said both wild and farmed fish stocks were vital to rural communities and the wider Scottish economy.
In other words, a sports invention wasn't exactly in their wheelhouse.
Mr Wheelhouse pointed out that the poll coincided with thousands of people around Scotland taking part in events on Saturday evening in support of WWF's Earth Hour.
Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse said wind farms bids were scrutinised.
"Because the life raft canister did not fit snugly into its cradle, the skipper had applied additional lashings to prevent it from falling off the wheelhouse roof in heavy seas, " the report said.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the vessel had stopped near Old Harry Rocks to allow a funeral party to scatter ashes and Mr Wilkinson had left the wheelhouse to check on the progress of the ceremony.
Dining by candlelight at the huge octagonal table in the Wheelhouse private dining room or in the eaves of the thatch is the perfect coda to one of the Yorkshire Food Finder trails, which are putting the moreish back into the moors.
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