The Edinburgh Declaration: Coastal Communities Respond
Guest Blog: Ecosystem Based Management
New deep sea Marine Protected Area
Open Seas: West Shetland Shelf MPA
World fails to meet biodiversity targets
Tighter controls for Scotland’s coastal waters
UK fails on 17 of 20 UN biodiversity targets
Climate change threat to Scotland’s seabed
Involve local groups in protecting biodiversity
Highland community appeals for Killundine benefactor
Edinburgh Declaration calls for commitment to nature
Scotland at risk of losing environment laws
Argyll fish farm breaks free in storm
Ocean Rebellion from Gometra island
Creel fishers lodge judicial review
Acoustic Deterrents used at over 140 fish farms
Blue recovery: the role of Scotland’s seas
Seawilding: Loch Craignish Native Oysters
16,000 year old Kelp found off Scotland
Most UK sharks have consumed microfibres
Create a coastal blue belt, scientists urge
Scotland’s new draft environment laws
Farmed salmon deaths at record high
Scotland fails to protect marine areas
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt
From sofa to seabed: virtual training
Climate benefits of MPAs revealed
Seal shooting banned in Scotland
Can marine wildlife crimes be treated like on land?
Independent review backs Highly Protected Marine Areas
COAST: World Oceans Day 2020
Route map towards £1 billion for nature
Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted lochs
Silence is golden for whales during lockdown
Fishers’ and TV chefs’ plea to eat local fish
Supertrawlers off Scottish coast spark fears for marine life
Microplastics come with the currents
Connecting Community Heritage
The economics of salmon farming
Innovative ways to catch premium white fish
Out of the Covid crisis comes community action
World’s oceans can be restored within 30 years, report says
How to stay in touch with nature during Covid-19 lockdown
First puffins of the season arrive at the Isle of May
A “muckle” big lobster gives hope for Berwickshire
£1.3 million funding boost for Scotland’s marine wildlife
Plastic pollution affecting more than 900 marine species
To protect or not to protect: Is that really the question when dealing with the marine environment?
Fish farm companies bid to use bee-harming pesticide
Seagrass restoration project to resurrect UK’s sea meadows
Brexit opportunity to ban supertrawlers from UK waters
New colony of rare freshwater pearl mussels discovered
Scotland’s first open ocean fish farm set to be trialled
Plastic pollution may be spreading antibiotic resistance
New report reveals toxic chemical legacy in cetaceans
Import of Norwegian salmon eggs banned over deadly virus
Number of annual Sepa inspections down by a quarter
Mowi sees profits hit by sea lice, disease and escapes
Toxic algae blooms linked to rise in sea temperature
A matter of life and algae: exploring the potential of seaweed
Blue Acceleration: an eerie feeling of déjà vu
Albatross fitted with radar detectors to spot illegal fishing
Basking sharks hang out in family groups, research finds
Mass escape from Colonsay fish farm after Storm Brendan
A cry for kelp: why Scotland’s green future could be blue
Ocean temperatures hit record highs as heating accelerates
Government grant to track wild salmon on ocean migration
£190k funding to monitor at-risk whales and dolphins
Campaigners call for Scottish three-mile coastal fishing limit
Government plans for kelp dredging trials raises alarm
Scottish wildlife at risk from 40% public funding cuts
The ocean is finally getting the attention it deserves at COP25
Sunburns can plague farmed fish, new research suggests
Sperm whale found dead with 100kg litter ball in stomach
Storms create fish farming ghost gear, says ASC
CCN’s Seabed Reform Sub-Group Statement: Illegal Dredging in MPA’s
Tonnes of fish discarded as bycatch in the UK, FOI finds
Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters
Scottish government defied industry pleas on salmon photos
Scottish salmon exports face US ban for cruelty to seals
Demand for farmed fish causing wild fish stocks to collapse
Gear conflict over Scottish fishing grounds escalates
Loch Creran polluted by plastic waste from fish farm company
Rogue fishermen escape prosecution as fines fall
State of Nature report confirms UK biodiversity crisis
Saving Scotland’s seabed: an example from Norway
Proposed West of Scotland MPA will be Europe’s largest
New IPCC report signals red alert on “Blue Planet”
Inspections of lice-ridden salmon farm were a “whitewash”
Dolphins in English Channel carry toxic cocktail of chemicals
Bringing humanity back into harmony with nature
Europe’s marine sanctuaries no more than paper parks
Public underrates crisis of the natural environment
Number of stranded whales in the UK on the rise
After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age
NTS objects to plans for big salmon farm off the isle of Canna
Farmers produce sustainable prawns in a Lincolnshire field
Skippers breaking fishing laws are fined anonymously
Studies suggest that migrating salmon take group decisions
COP26: Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate summit
SharkCam to reveal the secret life of basking sharks
FOI request reveals 112 incursions into Scottish MPAs
Police Scotland acts as “private security” for fish farms
Rise of ocean heatwaves threatens Scottish marine life
North Sea cod at critically low levels, Ices report warns
Probe launched into suspected illegal scallop dredging
Video evidence revals illegal scallop dredging off Jura
Dive in to the new Berwickshire snorkel trail
Ban on illegal discard of fish at sea is not being enforced
MPA benefits spill into neighbouring waters, study finds
West Shetland Shelf MPA to open up to trawling
Mowi set to relocate two controversial salmon farms
International and geopolitical fisheries disputes on the rise
Deep-sea mining to turn oceans into new industrial frontier
Scottish fisher fined for scallop dredging off Guernsey
Salmon industry expansion threatens wild fish stocks
Brexit endangers environmental laws in Scotland
Coastal communities missing out on government funding
Seaweed and kelp farming changing fortunes in Alaska
The Atlantic Ocean is “running out of breath”
Footage of suffering salmon prompts inquiry into animal cruelty
Fish farming industry bids to relax limits on toxic pesticide
First ever UK Hope Spot declared in Scotland
Public agencies accused of blocking Freedom of Information
Large expansion to UK marine conservation zones
Habitat loss endangers ecological relationships
Marine plastic poisons oxygen-producing bacteria
Minke whale dies in the Outer Hebrides, entangled in rope
Scottish government too close to salmon farmers
Pollution from salmon hatchery endangers mussels
Visitors to seabird colonies urged to check for stowaways
Public urged to respect marine wildlife
20,000 pieces of plastic found on the Firth of Forth
UN issues world alert over species extinction rates
Restoring degraded oyster beds and reefs
Algae outbreak kills thousands of farmed salmon
Fishing to feed salmon farms emptying seas
Entangled whale dies off East Lothian
Harbour porpoises dying in UK waters
Scotland’s wild salmon ‘at lowest ever level’
Plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic
Climate change: Scottish shellfish threatened
Patagonia launches salmon farm campaign
Benefits from Scotland’s ‘natural capital’ growing
Thank the ocean with every breath
Scottish salmon firm drops ‘sustainable’ branding
Giving teeth to marine protected areas
Hopes for Scottish herring recovery
Loch Carron given permanent protection
The Blue Planet UK effect
UK will miss almost all 2020 nature targets
Scotland land ownership ‘damaging communities’ in some areas
Otter resurgence is going swimmingly
Citizen Science Comes of Age
Minke whales recorded off east Scotland
Suspicious scallop dredging reported in Sound of Mull
Fishermen’s beacons tackle ghost gear issue
Salmon farms raided in EU competition probe
Oban woodland added to chain of ‘rainforest’ sites
Shellfish under threat from acidic oceans
Marine conservation studies set for Skye and Lochalsh
Open Seas: Dredging in the dark
UK trawlers ignoring fish discards ban
Plastic-free wine: help marine life
FFI: When is an MPA not an MPA?
New Nets Lead to Drop in Seal Culls
Sea Change: The debate on salmon farming
Arran is Scotland’s first Plastic Free Community
St Kilda Reefs and Sea Caves in “Good Condition”
Rising Ocean Temperatures Catastrophe
Chilean salmon farmers to clean seabed
Atlantic Wolffish Being Driven to Extinction
UK MPs urge protection treaty for seas
Calls to ban trawling within 3nm of coastline
Thai seafood linked to illegal fishing
Farmed Salmon Disease Prevention Research
A local view helps the fight for the ocean
Calls to urgently protect Scotland’s coastal waters
40+ Groups demand Marine Scotland Inquiry
Sea Change: The three mile limit
FFI: Scotland’s kelp forests
Insight: 2018, a year for climate change
Science above politics of fisheries
Final European fishing deal ‘challenging’
Half the fish at Wester Ross farm die
Calum Duncan: Oceans need protection
SCA: Coastal communities keep their kelp
Fish discards exemptions soar before ban
Film of seabed ‘pulverised’ by scallop dredging
Anger over reports of illegal dredging
Rules tightening on Scottish salmon aquaculture
CCN Statement: Salmon Farming in Scotland
MSPs demand tougher regulation for fish farming
November CCN Newsletter Published!
Review of seaweed harvesting announced
Learning Exchange Part 2: Visiting the VMR
Learning Exchange Part 1: CAOLAS visit Berwickshire
Fisheries warn of Brexit threat
MBL claim kelp harvesting ‘entirely sustainable’
Probe into alleged illegal dredging in Gairloch
LINK Launch Bid for Scotland Environment Act
Wildlife damaged by fish farm chemicals says SEPA
SEPA launch salmon farming sector shake-up plan
Blue Carbon forum launched
Tagged Albatrosses monitor illegal fishing
Jonny Hughes: Time to stop plundering the sea
Scientists warn of trawler damage to coastal waters
Sir David Attenborough demands MSPs protect kelp
Edible crabs won’t cope with climate change
Listening to the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise
UK failing to protect its porpoises rules EU
Designating MPAs may have unseen political effects
Revealed: the millionaires hoarding UK fishing rights
Government to environmentally assess UK seas
The 2018 Scottish Inshore Fisheries Conference
£1.5m put into new vessel tracking systems
Sea, Soul and Society at Sea Scotland 2018
Divers hunt ghost fishing gear at Scapa Flow
Race for vast remote MPAs a diversion?
Government must act to help our inshore fleet
Gove calls for protection for 30% of world’s oceans
Fears raised over eco risks of fish farm expansion plan
New database tackles marine biodiversity crisis
Toxic pesticide alarm for Scotland’s woodlands
Tory MSP accused of fishy business
Project seeks to boost rare pearl mussels
Fish farm ADDs harm other marine life
Why are beaked whales stranding again?
Sick salmon at Scottish fish farm revealed on film
Big company plan to harvest kelp makes waves
‘Scallop wars’ are just a pre-Brexit skirmish
What did the dolphin say to the porpoise?
Fairlie Coastal: A manifest Breach of EIA legislation
Kelp dredging proposal criticised by Scottish conservationists
Sealives: COAST – A Marine Protection Success Story
Retaining decomissioned North Sea oil rigs could help corals thrive
Plastic, warm seas and propellers: the Cornwall turtle
Footage suggests basking sharks use Scottish seas for courtship
Governments Start Formal Talks on High Seas Treaty
Rare coral and new species found in Irish waters
Pollution and overfishing top seafood consumers’ concerns
Scottish salmon farming expansion must stop, say critics
Creel fishermen want faster action over trawler ban call
Thousands of offences by Scottish fishing industry escape fines
Brown Crabs Are Attracted to Undersea Power Cables
Study to delve into unusual sponge belt off Scotland
Almost all world’s oceans damaged by human impact
Is Canada Taking Shortcuts to Hit Marine Protection Targets?
Scotland lagging behind the rest of the UK on recycling
Study Shows Moving Fish Farms Enables Seagrass to Thrive
New sharks could be found around UK as seas warm
Rights not ‘fortress conservation’ key, says UN expert
Simon Barnes: How plastic is ruining our oceans
New whale watching base on the Firth of Forth
Icelandic whalers condemned over blue whale ‘slaughter’ claims
One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate
Open Seas: UK Government Fisheries White Paper
First Stage of Priority Marine Feature Review Opens
Wester Ross MPA – An Underwater Eden
Whale Track named as finalist in National Lottery Awards!
Conservationists urge licensing for marine wildlife tours
Open Seas: Stories From Scotland’s Seabed (Part 4: Flame Shell beds)
Super-rare giant sponge discovered in Cambodian MPA
Who cares about eelgrass?
The Sealives Initiative – Salmon Coast Field Station
Disputed Shetland scallop fishery retains ecolabel
World leading microbeads ban comes into force
Spotting rogue fishing boats
Proposed Marine Conservation Zones for English Waters
Open Seas: Stories From Scotland’s Seabed (Part 3: Horse Mussel beds)
Open Seas: Stories From Scotland’s Seabed (Part 2: Native Oysters)
Open Seas: Stories from Scotland’s Seabed (Part 1)
Call for improved sustainability in post-Brexit fishing sector
Seaweed researchers test a growth industry
Richard Lilley: Help us put seagrass meadows on the map
Gartmore 2: The Coastal Communities Workshop 2018
A third of ‘protected’ nature areas are quietly being ruined
Report offers global outlook on efforts to beat plastic pollution
Silence falls on Shetland cliffs that once echoed to seabirds’ cries
Scotland missing targets to prevent wildlife extinction
Porpoises Flee from Noise Pollution
Scottish Land Fund boost for Shetland
Government Launches 10 Year Farmed Fish Health Framework
Have you heard about horse mussel beds?
What History Gives, the Sea Steals
Seagrass supports 20% of fisheries, research finds
Loss of marine habitats is threatening the global fishing industry
Fife beach ‘worst’ for nurdle pollution
Trail to Promote Scotland as Top Whale-Watching Destination
NTS call for a moratorium on fish farming in Scotland
Ulva community ownership secured
UK launches new research hub to tackle marine plastic
New fund to protect heritage assets in Highlands and Islands
Orkney’s shipwreck graveyard is bursting with life
Reflections on community-led action research
Fish Farms are catching wrasse to clean their salmon
UK sustainable seas inquiry launched
Skye salmon farm expansion could risk local businesses
Marine month at Scottish Natural Heritage
Commonwealth Blue Charter on ocean action
Is Scotland’s National Marine Plan fit for purpose?
The tragic demise of Scotland’s salmon
Rare sightings of orca whales in the Clyde
Seagrass meadows key to combating rising sea levels
Drones used to monitor wild salmon
Why the fuss about nurdles?
Turning Birds into Spies Against Illegal Fishing
Skye salmon farms approved despite warnings
Pilots to identify Scotland’s marine litter hotspots
Grey fish: Scotland’s seafood traceability problem
Scientists look at methods to clean up salmon farms
Success of Orkney’s V Notch Lobster Project
Scottish Water to review Gairloch waste water plans
The power of citizen science to protect the mangrove crab
Report suggests sustainable fishing could create jobs
There is no ‘one-size fits all approach’ to ocean protection
Introduction to the SIFIDS Project
Row over ‘irresponsible’ trial of electrofishing for clams
A spotlight on locally-led tourism
Skye islanders object to two new salmon farms
North Sea Dolphins remain vulnerable
The tip of the trash heap
Marine Protected Areas Are Not An Either/Or
Scottish Government bid to exempt salmon farming from US ban
Huge herring spawning ground discovered in Wester Ross
Opinion: Bigger is not better for ocean conservation
Consultation on permanant protection for Loch Carron
Crown Estate devolution: an opportunity for the marine environment?
From East coast to West coast: community learning exchange
Climate Change: the Ocean Never Forgets
Eat herring and mackerel to support UK after Brexit…
Cambodia creates first marine national park
Fishing for krill is an eco-disaster
Opinion: There’s hope for our blue planet
Protest held against Gairloch waste water changes
UN move towards recognising right to healthy environment
Wise Oceans Interview: Jenny Stark from COAST
Freezing weather drives mass die-off of sea creatures
MSPs warning over salmon farming impact on environment
Views sought on new scheme for community asset management
Isles beauty spots poised for Rural Tourism Funds
Sewage plan sparks outrage in Gairloch
Small-scale fisheries discards analysed
Song of the Clyde: saving the river
Blowing in the wind: picking apart the plastic problem
Global fishing activity mapped and analysed
Islanders plan unusual community buyout bid
Debt-swap deal for marine protection in Seychelles
What does the future hold for seagrass?
Salmon farming controls in Scotland criticised
Scotland a great place to see whales and dolphins
New research finds carbon dioxide dissolves starfish
Sewage having serious impact on UK seagrass
Scottish sea lochs ‘important stores’ of carbon
Are we right to demonise plastic?
Scottish summit on marine litter announced
The empowered community voice in action
Scotland’s red squirrels are recovering
Jellyfish Threaten Norway’s Salmon Farming Industry
Anger as illegal dredgers tear up protected seabed
Divers uncover Firth of Lorn illegal scallop dredging
Kelp benefits: Scottish seaweed tops food trends
Who’s driving the future of conservation? Ordinary people
Marine protected areas: examining the evidence
Scot Gov announce additional funds to accelerate 4 MPAs
Green light for new salmon farm off Isle of Rum
The Seagrass that could save oysters from climate change
Plastic pollution on coral reefs increases disease
#NaeStrawAtAw campaign keeps growing!
Scottish Crown Estate reform bill introduced
Antarctica’s Weddell Sea deserves protected status
Climate change through the eyes of a politician
Electric pulse trawling vs beam trawling
Save Scottish Seas: Ocean fronts uncovered
Scapa Flow microplastics at industrial levels
Sturgeon steps into Manx scallop fishing row
Scientists use hydroacoustics to survey abundance in MPAs
Breaking news! EU-wide ban on electric pulse fishing
EU parliament to decide future of pulse fishing
Groups claim EU allowed electro pulse fishing on false grounds
Scottish Government to move on plastic cotton buds ban
EU to hold UK to fishing quotas during Brexit transition
Richard Lilley: Seagrass meadows as Natural Capital
Forecasting erosion around Scotland’s coast
UK ban on plastic microbeads now in place
Calum Duncan: What Scots flush is adding to planetary crisis
The growing issue of ocean ‘dead zones’
Coral reef bleaching events accelerate rapidly
US plans to reduce size of three marine parks
Conservationists urge action to safeguard Scottish sea life
Canna’s development trust gets control of its destiny
Loch Carron reef ‘biggest of its kind’
David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
140 nations support a high seas protection treaty
Marine Scotland: Where are the seals around the UK?
Overfishing and climate change push seabirds to extinction
Eco-labelling concerns for dredged scallops
Guest Blog: Disentangling a whale of a problem
BBC Earth: Protecting Scotland’s coral reefs
UK and EU talks reach a deal for fishing quotas
“Back the BlueBelt” Campaign picks up pace
Seabed landscape crucial for fish conservation
Will we reach “healthy seas by 2020”?
The tragedy of seagrass meadows and their fisheries
North Sea flat oyster conservation alliance formed
Patrol ships hope to scupper illegal scallop dredging
New research of acidification threat to mussels
Case Study: Getting SMART in an MPA in Cambodia
‘Arctic Strategy for Scotland’ to be developed
Why saving our oceans may lie in the hands of citizen scientists
Seal pup cut free from net in Western Isles
First steps taken to tackle puffin decline
Wrasse exploitation for aquaculture raises questions
Nature of Scotland’s marine conservation award goes to…
Mexico creates vast new ocean reserve
Seagrass meadows, Scotland’s natural capital
Glorious mud’s precious carbon value
Gove vows action on ocean plastic after Blue Planet scene
Fishing ‘best argument for seagrass conservation’
Brexit poses ‘severe threat to Britain’s fishing communities’
New seafloor feature analysis tool for MPAs
Crown Estate Scotland to pilot local management
The Government Programme for Scotland 2017-18
France overtakes US for Scottish salmon exports
‘Sole of Discretion’ – sustainable fisheries collective
Crime-scene technique used to track turtles
Red Squirrels breeding in the NW Highlands
Cod and Haddock predicted to vanish from West Coast
Argyll and Bute Council consult on marine national park
Open Seas: Cleaning up the cleaner fish
Vote for Arran’s community marine learning centre!
New citizen science project looking for help with seabirds
Seaweed is good for you – and the environment
How are Scotland’s bottlenose dolphins doing?
Citizen scientist divers shed light on impacts of warming
Plastic pellets threaten to bury Scotland’s beaches
Mull islanders launch appeal to buy up neighbouring Ulva
Largest marine reserve in North America to be created off Mexico
Sprat go green in updated Good Fish Guide!
Whale killed by entanglement off Scottish coast
Blue Planet 2 trailer released ahead of new BBC series!
Drone to give new outlook on whales and dolphins
Biologists have discovered an octopus city
MEPs vote to reduce overfishing in North Sea
Orkney local’s petitioning to protect Scapa Flow
Celebrating Fair Isle’s marine protected area
Marine restoration vs marine protection?
Prawn potential: the benefits of more sustainable seafood
Scotland’s nature conservation MPAs: three years on
Can we really eat cod now with a clear conscience?
20 Oct 2020