Condensed from an article by Craig Robertson in the Dumfries Standard. A NEW code of conduct has been launched to minimise gear conflicts between static and mobile fishing in Luce Bay and Wigtown Bay. Many interested groups including members of the Galloway Static Gear Fishermen’s Association, scallop boat skippers who work in the area and [...]

Speaking after an Autumn Fisheries Negotiations debate in Holyrood, Liberal Democrat Fisheries spokesman Liam McArthur MSP said: “There is mounting concern among Scotland’s fishermen that Scottish ministers have taken their eye off the ball in relation to the upcoming end-year negotiations. This concern is giving way to anger at the sense that the SNP government [...]

A University of Stirling researcher has discovered live oysters in the Firth of Forth, more than 50 years after they were declared extinct in the area. At its peak, the Firth of Forth oyster fishery produced more than 30 million oysters a year, but in common with most other commercially valuable marine species, over-harvesting caused [...]

This week Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead told a major international conference in Edinburgh that the time has come for the EU to ‘repair the damage’ caused by the ‘broken’ Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) saying : “It is important that greater powers are returned to Scotland…. But we can’t wait for 2013 for radical changes – [...]

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Kroger Co, one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States have announced that they will be jointly developing a sustainable wild seafood strategy. WWF will assist Kroger in assessing the current sourcing of the retailer’s top 20 wild-caught seafood species and will also help Kroger lead [...]

Here’s a list of the winning tickets in our Summer Prize draw – winners are currently being notified by phone / email. 1535   Sea life Family Pass 2026   Glasgow Angling Centre voucher £40. 2501   Glasgow Angling Centre voucher £80. 2541   Glasgow Angling Centre voucher £120 2287   Oberon trip for 2 persons 2292   Penn voucher £100 [...]

Yesterday saw the Proposed Marine Scotland Bill debated in Holyrood. In the following we’ve condensed the key points of interest, within various MSPs speeches, directly relating to sea angling; the full text of the debate may be found here. It’s good to see that the long-term view seems to be shared by most of the [...]

This is a joint consultation between Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland. It invites your views on the draft regulations with which the Government and Devolved Administrations propose to transpose the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (Directive 2008/56/EC). The Directive must be transposed by [...]

Scottish Government press release. A new era for Scotland’s seas came a step closer today when the Marine Bill passed its first parliamentary stage. The Scottish Government also announced it was to have new responsibilities for safeguarding the health of all Scottish waters out to 200 nautical miles in implementing new European regulations. This is [...]