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Citizen Science Comes of Age

Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Increasingly, scientists are relying on data gathered by volunteers to make their research happen. A team of seven scuba divers crawled along the seafloor in a shallow bay off Tasmania,…

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Probe into alleged illegal dredging in Gairloch

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Image credit: Open seas Marine Scotland has confirmed it is investigating reports of alleged illegal scallop dredging. Claims have been made of two incidents in the past month in an...

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Sea, Soul and Society at Sea Scotland 2018

Friday, October 5th, 2018

People from across Scotland came together in Kinghorn, Fife for the annual Sea Scotland conference on 20-21st June. This year, delegates explored the involvement of young people and communities in...

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Big company plan to harvest kelp makes waves

Thursday, September 6th, 2018

Ailsa McLellan dons her wellies and waterproofs and heads to the seaweed-covered shoreline near her home in Leckmelm outside Ullapool. Around her, there is nothing for company but the mountainous...

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Fairlie Coastal: A manifest Breach of EIA legislation

Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

Fairlie Kayakers © Fairlie Coastal Trust This blog post is shared from Coastal Communities Network member Fairlie Coastal Trust, who are fighting for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the...

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Sealives: COAST – A Marine Protection Success Story

Monday, August 27th, 2018

The Lamlash Bay No-Take Zone © Howard Wood The Sealives Initiative is a Vancouver, Canada based non-profit using photography and journalism to connect audiences with individuals who impact, are impacted...

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Pollution and overfishing top seafood consumers’ concerns

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

A new study suggests seafood consumers across the globe are united in thinking that the biggest threat to the oceans is pollution, followed by overfishing. The study, the second of...

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Rights not ‘fortress conservation’ key, says UN expert

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, has released a report highly critical of the global conservation movement and calling for indigenous peoples and other local communities...

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New whale watching base on the Firth of Forth

Monday, July 16th, 2018

Naturalists have set up a whale watching base on the Firth of Forth to “improve the science” in the wake of a surge of humpback whale sightings in the waters....

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First Stage of Priority Marine Feature Review Opens

Friday, July 6th, 2018

                            Loch Sunart Flameshell © Mark Woombs More protection to be given to Priority Marine Features (PMFs) outside Scotland’s Marine Protected Area network Marine Scotland initiated a project…

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