The latest strategic plan by the Environment Agency for England and Wales has shifted from a vision which opened with "a better quality of life for people, and an enhanced environment for wildlife", plus other commitments regarding cleaner air, water and soils, sustainability, climate change adaptation and finally reduced flooding risk, to one with four [...]
The following press release was sent out yesterday and marks a significant milestone in the development of the SSTP – 1000 fish tagged and counting, and all in less than one year. This has only been achieved through the terrific support of the 100′s of anglers – especially all those who have qualified for a [...]
Scottish commercial sector at risk
FISHERMEN have issued a stark warning that their future is at stake unless the new government takes urgent remedial action. The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has said that large sections of the fleet faced being forced out of business. Their Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said: "For an alarmingly wide proportion of the industry just now, [...]
Natural England Goes Sea Angling
From a Media Release by the Angling Trust. Natural England’s Marine Director, James Marsden, took a crash course in sea angling on July 28th when he took to the Blackwater estuary in Essex for a day’s charter boat fishing with the Angling Trust. Mr Marsden, who is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Marine [...]
Marine biologists are surveying areas of Scottish waters searching for priority marine features (PMFs) – species and habitats of conservation importance. The surveys forms part of the Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Project being undertaken by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Marine Scotland, Historic Scotland and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Underwater footage will be captured [...]
Another negative view of UK stocks
A recently released study, Fish Dependence, by the New Economics Foundation and the European lobbying group Ocean 2012 says that the UK fishing industry cannot cope with demand because it has supplies which only last for seven months of the year. The report is argues that a full reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) [...]
MS to undertake scallop dredging trials
Marine Scotland (MS) has invited tenders for a charter to carry out experimental scallop dredging trials in areas of hard substrate Scottish coastal waters, off the west coast of Scotland. Why this has been commissioned is anyone’s guess as the issue has been the subject of many experiments and studies conducted all around the world.
The state of the Clyde – a creelers point of view
Although the conclusions of the Roberts / Thurstan report are shared by many fishermen, the findings have been formally dismissed by representatives of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and the Clyde Fishermen’s Association (CFA) in the Dunoon Observer, local fishermen on the ground however, have expressed a different view. In an in-depth interview, again with [...]
The state of the Clyde – update
In the UN year of biodiversity, successive UK and Scottish governments stand accused by some of the world’s leading marine scientists of allowing the Clyde to be on the verge of catastrophic ecological decline due to the pursuit of short term profits and support for the dredging and bottom trawling sector of Clyde fishermen. A [...]
The next Loch Etive ICZM meeting has been arranged for Wednesday, 25 August 2010 at Connel Village Hall from 7.00 to 9.30pm. This will be the last ICZM meeting before a draft ICZM plan is put out to public consultation. The proposed start date for the 6 week consultation is 24 September 2010. The meeting [...]
SSACN’s Give Fish A Chance (GFAC) initiative reflects the fact that many anglers are keen to do what they can to ensure the minimal impact to the environment and to the fish themselves.
Fish sustainably, only take fish for the table which have had a chance to reproduce and have respect for those you do catch.
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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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