Posts Tagged ‘Seaweed’

 

Scotland’s first seaweed festival!

Monday, August 16th, 2021

Scotland’s very first seaweed festival! From September 6th – 12th 2021, Isle Martin Seaweed Festival is celebrating all that is special about seaweed from this amazing part of the world….

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MCS: Big Seaweed Search

Tuesday, July 27th, 2021

Our coast is home to an amazing array of seaweeds, which can tell us vital information about our climate. Get involved in the Big Seaweed Search to help monitor the…

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Seaweed Cultivation in Scotland: A Guide

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

By Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) Over the last 18 months there has been a rapid increase in interest in seaweed cultivation in Scotland’s inshore waters. Licence applications have been…

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16,000 year old Kelp found off Scotland

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Scientists have discovered kelp off the coast of Scotland, Ireland and France that has survived since the last ice age, around 16,000 years ago. Experts from Heriot-Watt University’s Orkney campus…

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Sir David Attenborough demands MSPs protect kelp

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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Big company plan to harvest kelp makes waves

Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Ailsa McLellan dons her wellies and waterproofs and heads to the seaweed-covered shoreline near her home in Leckmelm outside Ullapool. Around her, there is nothing for company but the mountainous...
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