Fishing nets, ropes, bags, plastic cups, and gloves are just some of the items that have been found in the stomach of a sperm whale stranded on a beach. The sperm whale…
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Gear conflict over Scottish fishing grounds escalates
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019Scottish ministers have come under fire over their failure to effectively mitigate gear conflict and police the country’s fishing grounds, which is allowing pollution of the seabed, endangering protected marine…
Rogue fishermen escape prosecution as fines fall
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019The number of fines issued to rogue fishermen has decreased over the past three years while skippers caught fishing in protected waters have not been reported to the procurator fiscal,…
State of Nature report confirms UK biodiversity crisis
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date, the State of Nature report. The…
Proposed West of Scotland MPA will be Europe’s largest
Friday, September 27th, 2019Europe’s largest marine protected area (MPA), the West of Scotland MPA, has been proposed for an area of deep sea off the Western Isles. The Scottish government has started a…
Inspections of lice-ridden salmon farm were a “whitewash”
Monday, September 23rd, 2019Government investigations into alleged animal cruelty after scarred, frayed and lice-infested salmon were filmed at a fish farm on the island of Lewis were a “whitewash”, according to a new…
Skippers breaking fishing laws are fined anonymously
Wednesday, August 14th, 2019Skippers who break fishing laws are escaping damaging publicity by agreeing to “anonymous” fines, environmental campaigners have warned. Charity Open Seas has called for those who commit crimes at sea…
COP26: Glasgow could host 2020 UN climate summit
Friday, August 9th, 2019The next United Nations climate change summit will take place in Glasgow, if a bid to attract COP26 to the UK is successful, it has been announced. The UK and…
SharkCam to reveal the secret life of basking sharks
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019An autonomous “SharkCam” has been used in the UK for the first time to observe the behaviour of basking sharks off the Inner Hebrides. The ground-breaking technology is set to…
Police Scotland acts as “private security” for fish farms
Friday, August 2nd, 2019An environmentalist who highlights problems with Scotland’s fish farming industry has accused Police Scotland of acting as “private security” for a Norwegian-owned firm operating farms along Scotland’s west coast. Don…
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