Marine Conservation Society’s Dr Jean-Luc Solandt, Principle Specialist in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and MPA Officer Frith Dunkley detail the findings of a new report. Earlier this year, our Marine…
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Scotland fails to protect marine areas
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020Marine conservation areas have failed to protect wildlife from the fishing industry, according to a study by Scottish Government scientists. Researchers from the government’s marine laboratory in Aberdeen have found…
Saving Scotland’s seabed: an example from Norway
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019When Dave Stinson began clam diving off the coast of Norway in 2002 he was struck by the quantity of life he was seeing. Sea cucumbers, flatfish, corals, sea urchins….
West Shetland Shelf MPA to open up to trawling
Monday, July 15th, 2019Over 4,000 square kilometres of seabed on the West Shetland Shelf – where endangered cod, starfish and anemones are meant to be protected – are due to open up to…