The Coastal Communities Network (CCN) has submitted its response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs). Developed and agreed upon in consultation with its members, CCN’s…
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Zero Nets! Scotland’s coastal communities support calls for pause to fish farm expansion
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023By James Merrywether, Scottish Salmon Think-Tank This week the Scotsman reported on a call made by a cross-party group of MSPs (and MPs) for a pause to the expansion of…
Empowering grassroots efforts for a sustainable future
Tuesday, February 14th, 2023by Alan Munro, CCN Coordinator Biodiversity loss is a critical issue facing our planet. Like climate change, the extinction of species and the degradation of natural habitats pose an…
Communities celebrate our wild seas – and a conservation hero!
Thursday, August 25th, 2022By Rebecca Plant, Project Manager, Fauna & Flora International On a scorching hot day in mid-August, I was lucky enough to take part in the inaugural Wild Seas Weekend on…
An end to the unlawful use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022A report issued last week by Environmental Standards Scotland in effect signals an end to the unlawful use of Acoustic Deterrent devices (ADDs) at Scotland salmon farms. ADDs, which are…
Seawilding: sowing the seeds for community-led marine restoration
Friday, June 24th, 2022by Kerri Whiteside, Community Support Specialist at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Last weekend I visited the beautiful Craignish peninsula in Argyll to join Seawilding’s first ever ‘restoration training weekend’,…
Supporting a local vision for Loch Eriboll
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022Loch Eriboll exists within a fascinating and richly beautiful part of the Highlands; carved deeply into the coastline of the North West Highlands, with Ben Hope to its east and…
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders exchange with CCN
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022In late March, during a week of particularly pleasant weather, members of the Coastal Communities Network (CCN) in the north western reaches of Scotland met up with an international group…
Restoration Forth: the seagrass search begins
Monday, April 18th, 2022Let me introduce myself. My name is Lyle Boyle and I was a member of CCN a few years ago when I served as a Marine Ranger with the Berwickshire…
Mapping the Forth coastline through art
Monday, March 21st, 2022This month Rebecca and I made it across to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to join CCN member Rosslyn Barr (of Edinburgh Shoreline) for a bespoke visit of the new…