Outreach
Angel sharks have the same colour and pattern as sand on the sea floor This allows them to bury themselves and hide from unsuspecting prey When food swims by, it raises the front half of its body out of the sand It opens its jaws, lunges forward and snags the prey with its needle-like […]
SSACN’s Outreach Team would like to welcome you to the August 2016 edition of our Outreach newsletter – download it here - which is packed with news of our recent activities - we are sure that you will find some items of interest and look forward to seeing you at one of our Events in […]
SSACN Outreach will be at the Oban Festival Of The Sea on the 28th/29th May 2016. The festival will be based at the Rockfield Community Centre in the centre of Oban where there will be a market weekend with lots of seafood to try and food, cosmetics and craft products to buy and talks and […]
Our outreach project officer Samantha had a fantastic time on Sunday training with Marine Conservation Society for the new UK wide citizen science project Capturing Our Coast (CoCoast). SSACN can now incorporate seashore surveys into our rockpool rambles to gather important data on marine species along the UK coastline!
SSACN’s Outreach Team would like to welcome you to the April 2016 edition of our Outreach newsletter – download it here - which is packed with news, events and upcoming activities happening around Scotland this year - we do hope that you find an Event near you. If you or your organization would like more […]
SSACN Outreach had a fantastic time last Friday when we were invited along to Sea Life Loch Lomond along with some of our SSACN kids to help fill up the tanks! On arrival, the kids were greeted by staff who took them behind the scenes to the new exhibit (currently closed to the public) where […]
Outreach Project Officer Samantha King will be giving a paper discussing our Outreach Programme at the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Conference being held at The Marine Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland on March 11th-13th 2016. The themes for the conference include: Millport – History and Future Research in the Clyde: How the marine […]
On Friday at 4pm, SSACN will be helping Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium re-open their "Bay of Rays" exhibit in time for Easter following the arrival of something quite special - cow nose rays! This will be a great chance for all to get involved and we’d like to see as many juniors as possible […]
Our 2017 events schedule will be published within the coming months
These Events are open to all and SSACN look forward to seeing you at what will be a terrific weekend of sea angling.– come along and join in.
Wild Seaweed Harvesting Consultation
The Wild Seaweed Harvesting: Strategic Environmental Assessment - Environmental Report has been published on the Scottish Government web site. It can be found on the webpage; http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/11/6869 . There is a public consultation associated with this report. The Consultation on Wild Seaweed Harvesting started today, 22 November 2020 and will end on Friday, 15 February […]
Consultation on landing controls for Scottish crab and lobster fisheries
Scotland’s brown crab, velvet crab and lobster fisheries around much of the Scottish coast are estimated to be fished at levels close to or above the FMSY proxy (FMSY is the fishing mortality consistent with the largest average yield that can continuously be taken from a stock under existing environmental conditions). The Scottish fishing industry […]
Draft Wild Fisheries Strategy: a consultation
This consultation is designed to give stakeholders an opportunity to provide feedback on the approach currently being taken as the Government continue to develop the legislative provisions for a Wild Fisheries (Scotland) Bill. The easiest way to access and respond to the consultation is through the Scottish Government’s online consultation tool – Citizen Space. You […]
Help needed to ‘Revive the Clyde’
Please note that any comments have to be sent in by Monday 18th January. The Scottish Government has received an application for a Regulating Order, which intends to “revive the clyde”. If successful, the order submitted by the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) will restrict prawn trawling in many of the areas thought to be […]
MPAs back out for consultation
Further consultations are to be held into three of the largest of the Scottish government’s planned marine protected areas (MPAs). The three designations involved cover the Small Isles, Wester Ross and Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura. They form part of a proposed network of 30 protected areas. The decision to consult again follows […]
Commercial fishermen want new MPAs held off for 10 years
Western Isles fishermen yesterday joined calls to the Scottish Government for a 10 year moratorium on any new Marine Protection Areas (MPA) being granted around the islands. Duncan Macinnes of Western Isles Fisheries Association (WIFA) told Rural Affairs minister Richard Lochhead that any more MPAs risked driving younger fishermen and their families away from the […]
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