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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...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
The Scottish government has given permission for a fish farm on the Isle of Skye that could put an independent diving business at risk, write Ellie O'donnell and Alexandra Heal,...
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Saturday, April 14th, 2018
Orcadian fishermen have been V-notching lobsters for decades to make sure berried female lobsters are not landed - this article in The Orkney News explains why... A sustainable and responsible...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2018
by David Pickett, Flanders Moss NNR Reserve Manager I found a dead guillemot on Flanders yesterday. Odd really as it is a ocean going cliff nester. So why was it...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Sarah Russell, Project Officer, St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve (VMR), visited COAST last week for a mutual community group learning and ideas exchange. In this guest blog she...
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Thursday, March 15th, 2018
In February, Cambodia announced the establishment of its very first marine national park, covering 524 square kilometers (202 square miles) in the Gulf of Thailand. But the declaration does nothing...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
Popular beauty spots on Skye and Orkney will benefit from almost £500,000 of Scottish Government rural tourism infrastructure funds to prepare for the coming tourist season. Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop...
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Saturday, February 24th, 2018
A group of islanders who host the World Stone Skimming Championships, are embarking on one of the most unusual community buyout bids in Scottish Land Fund history. Organisers of the...
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine protection, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving large swaths of the world’s oceans. The tropical...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Marine Harvest Scotland has been given the green light for a new salmon farm development off the Isle of Rum, in the Inner Hebrides. The application made was for 12...
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