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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, October 10th, 2018
On Friday 5th October, inshore fishermen, policy makers, NGOs, scientists and more came together to discuss Scotland’s inshore fisheries at the fifth Scottish Inshore Fisheries Conference, held in Inverness. The...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
North Sea oil platforms could be used to help protect sea creatures threatened by climate change and habitat loss, a study led by Scottish scientists has suggested. Rigs, shipwrecks and...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
Climate change has caused a catastrophic drop in the numbers of terns, kittiwakes and puffins at Sumburgh Head, Shetland, explains this article from The Guardian. Sumburgh Head lies at the...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Juvenile Bottlenose Dolphins © SNH The population of bottlenose dolphins in a conservation area in the north of Scotland has stabilised but remains vulnerable, according to experts. Around 200...
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Monday, February 26th, 2018
Computers have crunched 22 billion identification messages transmitted by sea-going vessels to map fishing activity around the globe. The analysis reveals that more than 55% of the world's oceans are...
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Friday, January 12th, 2018
The EU will resist any renegotiation of fishing quotas in the seas around the UK for the proposed two-year transition period after Brexit. Brussels diplomats are agreed that Britain should...
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Friday, December 15th, 2017
A deal has been reached over fishing quotas in EU waters, with increases for North Sea cod, haddock and monkfish. Following negotiations in Brussels, member states agreed limits on 53...
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Friday, December 8th, 2017
A new European alliance for the conservation of the European flat oyster has been established. If successful, it could see the water quality and biodiversity of the North Sea greatly...
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Monday, December 4th, 2017
A new Arctic Strategy will be developed by the Scottish Government, External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop has confirmed at the closing session of the Arctic Circle Forum. The Forum brought...
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