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…
Posts Tagged ‘Citizen’
Mapping Scotland’s seas
Thursday, July 5th, 2018
The map shows multiple features like hot spots for wildlife, protected areas and development © Scottish Wildlife Trust This blog article from Scottish Wildlife Trust showcases their new Living Seas...
Read More...
Wester Ross MPA – An Underwater Eden
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
By Rebecca Plant, Marine Project Officer at FFI Exploring the underwater meadows of Loch Broom and the Summer Isles © Graham Saunders Marine Protected Area The Wester Ross Nature Conservation...
Read More...
Whale Track named as finalist in National Lottery Awards!
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
HWDT team at Tobermory Bay © HWDT We're excited to announce that Whale Track, developed by Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, has been named as a finalist in the 2018...
Read More...
Conservationists urge licensing for marine wildlife tours
Monday, July 2nd, 2018
Boat-based wildlife tour companies should be licensed and regulations put in place to protect marine animals and seabirds, according to conservationists. The call comes following a massive rise in the...
Read More...
Richard Lilley: Help us put seagrass meadows on the map
Monday, June 11th, 2018
In Scotland we are lucky. Our beautiful nation is blessed with a wealth of productive coastal habitats that provision us with some of the best seafood on the planet. Our...
Read More...
Scottish Land Fund boost for Shetland
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
A Shetland community group planning to bring new employment, business start-up and tourism opportunities to its local area have received an award of £113,900 from the Scottish Land Fund. North...
Read More...
Fife beach ‘worst’ for nurdle pollution
Monday, May 21st, 2018
About 450,000 plastic pellets, known as "nurdles", have been found on a single beach in Fife as part of a UK-wide survey. North Queensferry, about 12 miles from the Ineos...
Read More...
Orkney’s shipwreck graveyard is bursting with life
Friday, May 11th, 2018
Across the North Atlantic, shipwrecks scatter the seabed like the carcasses of prehistoric creatures. Bygone relics of sea exploration, trade, migration and conflict, these historical monuments are important sites of...
Read More...
Reflections on community-led action research
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Starting in 2017, Scottish Community Development Centre and the Poverty Alliance worked with ten community organisations to co-design a resource framework which could be used to support communities across Scotland...
Read More...