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	<title>The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network</title>
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		<title>Opportunity to influence management of NWIFCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People interested in influencing the management of inshore fisheries around the North West of England are being encouraged to apply to join the regions’ inshore fisheries and conservation authority (IFCA). The IFCAs, of which there are 10 around the English coastline, are responsible for the sustainable management of sea fisheries within 6 nautical miles from [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Europe 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be interested to note that on 29 April, the Scottish Government published a report ‘Europe 2020: Scottish National Reform Programme 2013’ which sets out the actions that are being taken forward across Scotland to support the delivery of the ambitions set out in Europe 2020 &#8211; the European Union’s strategy for delivering smart, [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Waitrose to source from certified stocks</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/waitrose-to-source-from-certified-stocks</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waitrose has&#160; pledged&#160; to source all its seafood from independently certified sources, with an industry leading deadline of the end of 2016. Jeremy Langley, fish buyer&#160; for the retail chain said:&#160; “For us, this pledge feels like a natural evolution of our long-standing responsible fishing policy. We started to have concerns over stocks of some [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Tidal turbines in the River Esk refused</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/tidal-turbines-in-the-river-esk-refused</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssacn.org/tidal-turbines-in-the-river-esk-refused#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 14:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine Scotland (MS) has turned down a licence application from GlaxoSmithKline to install 15 turbines at the mouth of Montrose Basin. MS said it would not issue a marine licence due to the site being designated as a special protection area, a site of special scientific interest and a special area of conservation. In a [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Scottish Creel Fishermen&#8217;s Federation website</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/scottish-creel-fishermens-federation-website</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF), the national trade association for the creel fishing industry has launched a website. According to the home page, creel fishing is&#160; a traditional and sustainable form of coastal fishing for shell fish that supports more jobs around the coastline of Scotland than any other type of fishery. Creel fishing [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>EU Fisheries reform to be blocked ?</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/eu-fisheries-reform-to-be-blocked</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-eight members of the European Parliament from 18 member states, including four UK MEPS, have called for each EU government to play a &#8216;constructive role&#8217; in fisheries reform. In a statement released on April 30th 2013, the MEPs warned that if a minority blocked the reforms ahead of the May 2 meeting, when the Irish [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>UK Association of Fish Producers want to own all fish</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/uk-association-of-fish-producers-want-to-own-all-fish</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sealife off Scottish coast facing extinction threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ssacn.org/sealife-off-scottish-coast-facing-extinction-threat</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marine Conservation Society in Scotland (MCS) has urged the Scottish Government to push forward with 33 proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) to safeguard internationally significant populations of creatures from the threat caused by fishing and other human activity. Calum Duncan, MCS programme manager, is to present the minister with a near-4,000 signature petition from [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Costing the Earth &#8212; Blackfish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Black Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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