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Monday, November 26th, 2018
Image © Pete Bicheno The latest edition of the CCN newsletter is here! And this month there's a brand new feature. Each month a CCN group will be featured via...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2018
Kelp Forest Loch Laxford © GeorgeStoyle_SNHFlickr A review of the regulations around the harvesting of seaweed in Scottish waters has been announced by the government. Concerns had been raised about...
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2018
By Mario Ray, Marine Reserve Coordinator, VMR In early November 2018, Coastal Communities Network members Community Association of Lochs and Sounds (CAOLAS) - a community group based around Loch Sunart...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Image © Pete Bicheno Jonny Hughes, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, shares his thoughts on kelp harvesting proposals in this piece at The Scotsman. Keystone species are so...
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Friday, October 26th, 2018
Kelp Forest Image © Richard Shucksmith for SNH, Flickr Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough has insisted it is “absolutely imperative” that action is taken to protect kelp in Scotland’s...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2018
The designation and management of MPAs is frequently not representative, often marginalising local or indigenous people, details this article from The Conversation. Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas...
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
Defra prioritises post-Brexit fisheries plan and protection of UK’s coldwater reefs, promising data from environmental assessment of UK seas will be made publicly available online, explains this piece from The...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today called for a third of the world’s oceans to be protected by 2030. Globally, less than 10 per cent of the world’s seas are...
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
A project in the Highlands is helping to spread freshwater pearl mussels to parts of rivers where the rare shellfish are currently not found. Poaching, loss of habitat and pollution...
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Monday, September 10th, 2018
Cuvier’s beaked whale on Baleshare, North Uist, 10/8/2018 © Sarah Dolman/ WDC Since early August, a minimum of 38 Cuvier's beaked whales have stranded, dead, on the coasts of...
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