Category: SSACN Announcements
SSACN have a vacancy for a SSTP Project Officer (P/T) to be based in the Dumfries and Galloway region. The successful candidate will work alongside our recently recruited SSTP Project Officer to assist in the further development of the SSTP website and the use of social media as well as undertaking a number of activities [...]
11 year olds Bradley Burrett and Euan Burns have raised £177.50 each for their favourite charities. The boys had to prepare and give a Powerpoint presentation on their chosen charities as part of Drummore Primary School’s Medal of Excellence Project. The boys came up with the idea of raising funds by collecting sponsor money for [...]
The next SSTP Special Event is Sharkatag 2011 to be held 24/25/26 June 2011 – see this page for more information. This year we are expecting it to be bigger and better than ever before, but, Without you there is no event and With no event there is no fun and without the effort and [...]
Just recently we have had tags returned for two long distance swimming sharks. The first was a spurdog which was originally tagged on 12/06/2009 off the Isle of Whithorn and recaptured 16/03/2011 by a professional fishing crew (FV Milagre (PE-3157-C), while using trammel nets off the Portuguese West coast. The [...]
YoYo is a female common skate who held the record for the common skate being caught and released – 8 times. Now we need a name for a new record holder – a male common skate currently known as tag 2412 – he was last recaptured at the recent Skate Tagathon and has now made [...]
Day one Saw some fantastic action in the Sound of Jura with ten boats and two kayaks taking 26 Common Skate to 210lb ….. regional press, Visit Scotland tourist officials and Alan Radford the economist who carried out the Government’s economic study of the value of sea angling to the Scottish Economy were on board [...]
SSACN have a vacancy for a SSTP Project Coordinator Last year we were very fortunate to receive funding support from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Argyll and the Islands LEADER Programme which enabled us to recruit James Thorburn, our ‘Sharkman’. This really accelerated the progress of the SSTP and enabled us to put successful [...]
The Special Event’s Team have just released their latest set of update notes for the upcoming Skate Tagathon; they may be downloaded in pdf form from here.
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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 [...]
EU Consultation on invasive alien species
Invasive alien species (IAS) are species whose introduction and/or spread, outside their natural past or present distribution, threatens biological diversity. They may cause serious damage not only to ecosystems but also to crops and livestock, disrupting the local ecology, impacting on human health and producing serious economic effects. While some EU instruments are dealing with [...]
European Marine and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
This consultation seeks views on the European Commission’s proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The European Commission published their proposals for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) that will replace the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020. The EMFF is structured around four pillars: Smart, Green [...]
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on the introduction of new management measures into the Scottish scallop sector. The aims of the consultation are to help safeguard stocks and more closely align Scottish technical restrictions with those being introduced into English waters by : o Introducing a flat rate 8 dredge per side limit [...]
Future of aquaculture and fisheries
A consultation is underway to support a sustainable future for aquaculture and freshwater fisheries, and the effective management of interactions between these two sectors. The consultation also includes proposals to update enforcement provisions for aquaculture and fisheries, and a review of the approach to cost sharing and charges. The consultation will inform the development of [...]
