Posts Tagged ‘Management’

 

Fishing for krill is an eco-disaster

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018
Krill are tiny but play a crucial role in limiting climate change. An ocean sanctuary would safeguard them. What’s small, pink, and can be seen from space? The answer depends...
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Opinion: There’s hope for our blue planet

Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
In this Guardian Opinion piece, Fiona Gell explains why conservation success stories show what ordinary people can do. I recently helped to organise an environmental meeting and found myself checking...
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Protest held against Gairloch waste water changes

Monday, March 12th, 2018
                      Image © BBC News Villagers in Gairloch have held a protest against what they describe as a planned downgrading of the community's waste water treatment plant. Scottish Water has...
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MSPs warning over salmon farming impact on environment

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Scotland's marine ecosystem faces "irrecoverable damage" from salmon farming if environmental concerns are not addressed, according to MSPs. Holyrood's environment committee said fish mortality was at "unacceptable levels". A report...
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Sewage plan sparks outrage in Gairloch

Friday, March 2nd, 2018
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have sparked outrage in Gairloch, Wester Ross, by approving Scottish Water’s plans to discharge untreated sewage into local bathing waters. The utility intends to...
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Small-scale fisheries discards analysed

Thursday, March 1st, 2018
At least 7.3m tons of fish (usually dead or dying) are thought to be discarded each year from marine fisheries around the world. But these estimates come mostly from observations...
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Song of the Clyde: saving the river

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Shipping on the Clyde (1881), John Atkinson Grimshaw, Image Public Domain It is Scotland’s most important waterway, its course rising from headwaters in the Southern Uplands to the seaside communities...
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