A SHETLAND fisherman was ordered to pay £3,000 at Lerwick Sheriff Court after he admitted breaching regulations designed to protect the islands’ shellfish stocks.
Stanley Gray was dragging 12 dredges just over a mile south east of Bressay Isle during the night of 1 February last year breaching the Shetland Islands Regulatory Fishery (Scotland)Order of 1999, [...]
World Oceans’ Day was established at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and is an international celebration of the seas aimed at raising awareness and understanding of the marine environment and threats to it.
There have been annual World Oceans’ Day events in Dumfries & Galloway almost every year since 1992 involving a [...]
The Scottish Government launched their consultation on a Scottish Marine Bill on the 14/07/08, it is scheduled to end on the 03/10/08.
For more information or to read the Government consultation document, go to www.scotland.gov.uk/marinebill
To submit your response, or for any queries on the Marine Bill email marinebill@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.
Or to submit a written response by post, write to:
CRES1031, Central Scanning Unit, Spur U5B
Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh, EH11 3XD
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