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 [...]
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 [...]
Update :: An angry crowd walked out of the SNH meeting on Barra after being barred from airing their views on creating marine national parks in the sea around the island. SNH was holding one of its “meet the public” meetings when it was faced with vociferous demonstrations against proposals to bring rich fishing grounds [...]
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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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