An algal bloom blamed for killing worms, sea urchins and other sea creatures has spread along the west coast of Scotland. Some really good satellite images showing various blooms may be found on the Earth Snapshot site. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, (Sepa), said the bloom was now in Loch Ryan in Dumfries and Galloway. [...]
Condensed from this article on the Greenpeace web site Seafish and the fishing industry are cod-a-hoop recently, because it seems that cod stocks are doing better. You may have missed the news, but the story is that the EU’s scientific advice suggests that stocks of North Sea cod have increased 5% in the last year, [...]
Scotland’s commercial fishing industry received another major boost yesterday with the announcement of £3 million in European fisheries grants for a total of 17 projects in the fishing, processing and aquaculture sectors as part of the latest round of European Fisheries Fund (EFF) grants. The biggest single grant of £1.3m has been awarded to Thistle [...]
Speech by Commissioner Joe Borg at the Fisheries Council, Brussels, 25 May 2009 Dear President, dear Ministers, First of all, I would like to thank the Presidency for including this point in the Council agenda. Discards is an issue that I personally attach great importance to. The practice of discarding in Community fisheries is one [...]
A NEW website has been launched to help promote protection of North Sea marine life. Twelve wildlife trusts, including Northumberland, Durham and Tees Valley – have embarked on a new project with the aim to make the concept of ‘Living Seas’ a reality. In places, the damage caused to the seabed from unsustainable practices – [...]
In the past few years, the fisheries management and commercial interests response to dwindling cod stocks has been to continually state that commercial fishing activities are in no way to blame and that global warming was the prime cause of all ills. Now cod stocks are said to be on the increase, GLOBAL WARMING HAS [...]
According to the the Nordic Council Environment and Natural Resources Committee, "The Nordic Region wishes to exert a positive influence on the revision of the EU fisheries policy. The current Common Fisheries Policy has major shortcomings and many consider it a fiasco. Nordic models will be presented to the EU in an attempt to inspire [...]
The announcement yesterday by the Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MP that recreational sea anglers will not be excluded from Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) has been warmly welcomed by the Angling Trust. The Angling Trust has always supported the concept of MCZs as a vital first step in the recovery of fish stocks. The unrelenting damage [...]
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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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