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UK trawlers ignoring fish discards ban
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019Public backing for a ban on discarding edible fish at sea has been thwarted by the reluctance of the fishing industry and the government to put an end to the…
FFI: When is an MPA not an MPA?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019A recent paper on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in northern Europe (“Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot”) reveals that…
Sea Change: The debate on salmon farming
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019Look into the eye of a salmon, get eye to eye, then ask yourself, do you want this king of fish, this iconic species, this muscular adventurer of the high seas, so symbolic…
Chilean salmon farmers to clean seabed
Thursday, January 24th, 2019Chilean lawmakers are seeking to amend existing legislation to safeguard water conditions in the country’s salmon farming heartland. Failure to comply will result in suspensions. The country’s politicians have approved…
UK MPs urge protection treaty for seas
Thursday, January 17th, 2019A new global agreement to protect the seas should be a priority for the government to stop our seas becoming a “sewer”, according to a cross-party group of MPs. Plastic…
FFI: Scotland’s kelp forests
Friday, December 28th, 2018As we move towards the end of 2018, here’s a look back at one of the biggest community campaigns of the year – protecting Scotland’s kelp forests – and the…
SCA: Coastal communities keep their kelp
Thursday, December 13th, 2018Kelp forest at Loch Laxford © George Stoyle – SNH Flickr Scottish Community Alliance (SCA) is a network of national networks, all of which have community-based memberships. The…
Fish discards exemptions soar before ban
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018The use of exemptions to EU restrictions on fish discards by EU trawlers has risen by 300% in the last year, according to research released three weeks before a ban…
Rules tightening on Scottish salmon aquaculture
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
Scottish Fish Farm Image © SEPA After years of regulating with a light touch, Scottish parliamentarians move toward more government oversight of fish farms, explains this piece from Hakai Magazine...
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