The 25th Great British Beach Clean organised by Marine Conservation Society takes place this year. RSPB Scotland have teamed up with Dumfries & Galloway Eco Warriors to run a beach clean event on the Mersehead reserve’s coastline. Join them on the day from 11.00am to 3.00pm to help with the clean while discovering what more… Read more »
Month: August 2018
Fisheries Innovation Scotland Announces 2018 Bursary
Fisheries Innovation Scotland is delighted to announce that applications are open for the next International Study Bursary 2018. The bursary is available for young people in the fishing industry to travel to another country to take up placements, working alongside those working in or with the commercial fishing industry including: catching, processing, supply chain, NGO,… Read more »
Great British Beach Clean 2018
Why not join the 2018 Great British Beach Clean from 14 to 17 September! Be part of the biggest beach clean and survey in the UK. The information volunteers have collected over the last 25 years has helped make some of the most significant impacts on beach litter ever – the plastic bag charge, microplastics… Read more »
Stranraer Oyster Festival 2018 Even Better!
A celebration of Scotland’s wild, native oysters is back for its second year, from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September, and the programme is bursting with fun, festivities and flavour! Nestling under the sparkling waters of Loch Ryan is one of the last wild, native oyster beds in Scotland, fished sustainably by Loch Ryan Oyster… Read more »
Join a Beach Clean in Wigtownshire
The group Oceans Need Us South West Scotland have organised two beach clean activities for September. The beach cleaning group will be carrying out a mini Beach Clean at Stranraer Harbour. If you are interested in joining the event meet at 10.00am on Saturday 8 September at Stranraer Harbour. A Dumfries and Galloway Council Ward Event is… Read more »
New Guidelines for Marking Static Gear
Marine Scotland is issuing guidelines which set out best practice for marking static gear. In December 2015, the Cabinet Secretary announced recommendations on dealing with gear conflict. These included looking at good practice and possible legislative changes to the marking of static gear inside 12 nautical miles. Marine Scotland (MS) is therefore issuing guidelines which set out best practice… Read more »
New research to improve monitoring of wild salmon stocks. in Scotland
Young salmon populations will be mapped out through the first-ever national electrofishing survey, which will provide a statistically robust measure of their numbers across Scottish rivers. Between July and September biologists and volunteers will carry out electrofishing as a method of capturing and counting fish at more than 800 randomly selected sites across 27 regions… Read more »
First Scottish Symposium on Potential Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy and Seabirds
Marine Scotland is holding the first Scottish Marine Energy Research (ScotMER) Programme Symposium: Potential Interactions of Marine Renewables and Seabirds. Marine Scotland’s ScotMER programme is supporting the Scottish Government’s ambitions for sustainable offshore renewable energy developments in Scotland’s seas. The First ScotMER symposium focuses on Scotland’s seabird species and will showcase recent research and new… Read more »