From a government press release.
Yesterday Scotland’s Marine Bill today received Royal Assent, marking a major turning point in safeguarding the future of Scotland seas and laying the foundations for a more simplified marine planning and licensing system.
The Marine (Scotland) Act provides a framework which will help balance competing demands on Scotland’s seas. It introduces a [...]

Interesting parallels to the state and issues of Scottish inshore waters.
Condensed from an original article by the Sea Fishery Advisory Group, Irish Seal Sanctuary
March 6th, 2010 – Following its brief to “strive for sustainable use of Marine resources for all users” the Sea Fishery Advisory Group of the Irish Seal sanctuary has attended the NWWRAC [...]

For the third straight year, a Swedish research vessel trawling the Skagerrak and the Kattegat has found no glass eel at all.
The glass eel phase is the second stage of the severely threatened species� evolution, after the larvae has come drifting to coastal waters on its long journey from the Sargasso Sea.
This annual test trawling [...]

The UK Marine Protected Areas Centre is a resource for information and news on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the UK. The website draws together resources that will help to build capacity amongst UK MPAs practitioners and facilitates sharing information, good practice and learning.
Through their site you can:

Get the latest MPA news
Access examples of [...]

The new Marine Acts have created legal obligations for the UK and devolved governments to introduce Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in UK waters.
A new UK-wide fishing industry body, the MPA Fishing Coalition, has been formed to help ensure that the interests of commercial fishermen are fully taken into account during the consultation and designation process [...]

In a previously confidential legal opinion, forwarded to the Parliament in July 2009, but finally made public when tabled for debate in the Parliament’s Fisheries Committee, the European Parliament’s Legal Service has declared fishing by European vessels in Western Sahara’s waters to be in violation of international law.
The new opinion calls on the European Commission [...]

Anglers — Big powerful common skate will terminally expose any weakness in tackle. Terminal tackle in particular needs to be strong, and rig design well considered.
But what is the best rig?
Boat angler Les McBride has numerous massive commons under his belt and reveals the rig that works for him and many other dedicated skate [...]

Update ::
An invasive sea squirt has been found recently at Largs.  It has also been recorded south of the Solway and on the Irish coast and it is believed there must be a high chance that it will be found in the Solway.
Some advice suggests that early action may be effective in eradicating this species [...]

The EC is proposing a negotiating stance of a near-total trade ban in bluefin tuna at the upcoming CITES meeting in Doha in a bid to save the fish from serious decline in the Mediterranean; it will also call for restrictions on trade in porbeagle and spiny dogfish shark. A weighted majority of EU member [...]