CCN has joined a new coalition of community groups and NGOs that has launched this October with the shared aim to Clean Up Scotland’s Sewage to protect our rivers, lochs…
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CCN Summer newsletter 2026
Friday, July 24th, 2026
Read our Summer newsletter to find news and updates from across the network! Subscribe to receive our quarterly newsletter directly to your inbox. Summer newsletter 2026 Cover photo: © Stephanie Foote...
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New resource: finding information about your local Marine Protected Area and Priority Marine Feature site
Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Community knowledge and input is vital to sustainably managing Scotland's marine areas. However, marine data can be dispersed and difficult to navigate, so we have created a guidance note to...
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Community leadership in marine management – policy briefing
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Scotland’s coastal and island communities are core to the protection and restoration of marine environments. In Scotland, we already have examples of bottom-up initiatives like the Lamlash Bay No Take...
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CCN Gathering 2026
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Every eighteen months, CCN members and supporters from across Scotland come together for a weekend of knowledge-sharing, discussions, and socialising. This April, we were in Ardentinny Outdoor Centre on the...
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CCN Annual Report 2025
Monday, April 20th, 2026
This report celebrates the achievements and progress from the 2025, both from member groups and the network as a whole. You will see an overview of some of our members...
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Researching historic coastal eroding landfill sites in Angus
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
East Haven Together is involved with the Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities (RACC) project, a collaborative project between several universities, government agencies, and communities. In March they welcomed academics...
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A win for wrasse in Scotland
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Environmental Standards Scotland have concluded an investigation into how impacts of wrasse fishing in protected areas are assessed, and will now look at the broader Appropriate Assessment regime in Scotland...
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Arts, culture and heritage in marine conservation: CCN mini-gathering
Monday, November 24th, 2025
Recently, representatives from coastal communities across Scotland came together in Lochaline, on the Morvern peninsula. The purpose of this weekend was to explore how arts, culture and heritage relate to...
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New management measures for Priority Marine Features proposed
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Cover photo by Mark Woombs This week, the Scottish Government announced the proposed management measures for inshore Priority Marine Feature (PMF) sites which are not covered by the inshore Marine...
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