The Scottish government is holding a consultation regarding proposed management plans for the Luce Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC); it is based on various recommendations put forward by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). The consultation closes Thursday 15 September 2011. The intention of the Plan is to manage commercial fishing in a way which ensures [...]
The Clyde Inshore Fisheries Group (IFG) is about to undertake formal public consultation on the Clyde IFG (draft) Management Plan. But you’ll have to move quickly – public surgeries will be held over the course of the next week or so to allow stakeholders to view and comment on the Plan, but the plan itself [...]
For this edition we have a new Editor – Julie Hope – who joined us just recently as our new SSTP Project Coordinator – download it here. This last quarter has seen a major change in the political position regarding sharks with Fisheries Minister Lochhead recognising that protecting vulnerable marine species is crucially important and [...]
Press release from Defra Sea anglers in England are to be asked what fish they catch and what they return in the biggest ever survey of the sport in England. The survey, Sea Angling 2012, aims to find out how many people enjoy the sport, how much fish they catch, what is returned alive, and [...]
Reflecting the fact that the historic top-down legislative approach from Brussels has failed the EC has finally set out its long awaited and radical plans for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) including measures which are meant to bring an end to the wasteful practice of discards. The reform will introduce a decentralised approach [...]
Now here’s a great use of the length/weight charts available from the SSTP Events page as a pdf download. It comes from an email from the Loch Ryan SAC and refers to a competition they were running : ‘the heaviest fish went to Graham Richardson with a special catch, this was a starry smooth hound [...]
Caught a good fish ? – Want to know what it weighs ? Forget the spring balance – just measure its total length ! Weighing a fish by measuring its length means you can get it back in the water quickly !! You’ll find a ‘calculator ‘ for some of the key whitefish here and [...]
Andrew Binnie has been appointed as COAST’s Marine Project Officer. Originally from Glasgow, Andrew has developed strong management skills working with a wide variety of community based organisations ranging from the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust and Castlemilk Economic Development Agency to as far afield as Tajikistan and Madasgascar. His key tasks as Marine Project [...]
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UK Initial Assessment and proposals for Good Environmental Status
Consultation Start: 27 March 2012 – Consultation End: 18 June 2012 This is a joint consultation between Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government and on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The Directive requires Member States to take measures to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status [...]
Argyll and the Isles coast and countryside trust
Argyll and Bute Council have formed a partnership steering group with Scottish Natural Heritage, Forestry Commission Scotland, ABSEN, and Argyll & Bute Local Services Initiative to look at the possibility of establishing a new independent trust. The proposed aim of the Trust would be to: ‘work together to sustainably maintain, enhance and promote the coast [...]
Marine Strategy Framework Directive Consultation Event
Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government are planning to launch a joint consultation on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) on 27 March 2012. You will be able to find the consultation documents on the Defra web site http://www.defra.gov.uk/consult/open/ Defra will be hosting a stakeholder event [...]
Argyll & Bute – Coastal Development Strategy
Argyll and Bute Council are preparing a Coastal Development Strategy as part of their new Local Development Plan. One of the key sectors that will be considered in the Strategy is coastal tourism & recreation and therefore the Council is seeking information and views to ensure a relevant, effective and up to date strategy is [...]
EGPS & Renewable Energy Routemap consultations
The Scottish Government has published a Revised Draft Electricity Generation Policy Statement (EGPS) and a draft Renewable Energy Routemap. These draft policies together set out Scottish Government policy for low carbon energy generation. Both policies are now open for public consultation which ends 4 June 2012. A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) under the Environmental Assessment [...]
Marine Social and Economic Data Project 2012
Robust and current data is needed urgently in the marine environment where policy makers are dealing with a number of new legislative requirements such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the development of Marine Spatial Plans and the designation of new Marine Protected Areas. In response to this, EMU Limited in collaboration with the Marine [...]
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