Category: SSACN Announcements
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.
In the atlas of Scotland’s seas there is a specific section relating to the species of shark found in Scottish waters which highlights : Elasmobranchs range throughout the oceans and can be found in all oceanic and coastal zones. Scotland has over 30 species of sharks, skates and rays recorded in its waters of which [...]
Just in case you missed it – James Thorburn, Gordon and Sarah Goldie and David McNair made an appearance on The One Show last night highlighting the work of the SSTP, spurdog and Loch Etive. Have a look here from 11:20 to 16.00 minutes in the programme. As always, an awful lot more work went [...]
An atlas of Scotland’s seas – providing a visual representation of its competing uses, productivity and health – has been compiled for the first time. It is being made freely available online so that anyone with an interest in the varied waters around Scotland’s shores can find out more. In addition, school packs have been [...]
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) of the European Commission compiles data on landings and discards of the main commercial species by fishing gear type. The following estimates of landings and discards by trawlers are based on the STECF data. The estimates cover the three most recent years for which data have [...]
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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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