Working together towards a sustainable Solway Firth
A Wild Salmon Tracking Project is being backed by Scottish Government. An ambitious project is harnessing the power of technology to finally reveal the secret lives of wild Atlantic salmon – backed by £400,000 from the Scottish Government. Atlantic salmon start their lives in streams and rivers, before migrating to the high seas to grow… Read more »
Cleaning up Scotland’s Waters Consultation is open. Views are being sought on the updated Marine Litter Strategy. Better recycling of fishing equipment and changing what we flush down the toilet could help cut the amount of litter in Scotland’s waters. These proposals are included in a consultation on an updated Marine Litter Strategy, which aims… Read more »
Fishery Exemptions in force in UK waters from January 2022 The majority of current exemptions will be in force from 1st January 2022 and until the end of 2024. A number of amendments to the current set of exemptions will be in force from January. As outlined below, these amendments include the introduction of three… Read more »
Solway Firth Partnership would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year! And just a reminder, if you are out and about on the Solway over the festive season, do NOT touch or pick up any dead or sick birds that you come across. There are many dead barnacle geese on the… Read more »
There is an opportunity for Scottish Fishers to attend Boston and Barcelona Seafood Exhibitions in 2022. Seafood Scotland in conjunction with the Scottish Nephrops Programme Board are inviting industry representatives to attend exhibitions in Boston and Barcelona. This offers the opportunity to fishermen on smaller inshore vessels to attend and participate in seafood stalls in… Read more »
Avian flu update and guidance – Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 has been confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway (including on the Solway Coast) and in other parts of the UK. Government are reminding everyone to NOT touch or pick up any dead or sick birds that you find when you are out and about. … Read more »
Scotland’s first handbook for seagrass restoration has just been published. The handbook has been developed by NatureScot in collaboration with Marine Scotland and Project Seagrass as a result of increasing interest in the potential of restoring marine habitats to store blue carbon, enhance coastal defences and increase biodiversity in our seas. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that can grow… Read more »
The Great British Beach Clean 2021 results are now available. What did the results show? During the third week of September this year, 6,176 volunteers took part in the Marine Conservation Society Great British Beach Clean. A total of 5064.8kg of litter was collected and recorded over the week by dedicated volunteers and the results… Read more »
Plans unveiled to ban single-use plastics in England. Single-use cutlery and plates could be banned in England as part of a public consultation, and call for evidence launched to tackle other problematic plastics. Single-use plastic plates, cutlery, expanded and extruded polystyrene cups and food and beverage containers could all be phased out, in the latest… Read more »
Lobsters, octopus and crabs will now be recognised as sentient beings. The scope of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill has today been extended to recognise lobsters, octopus and crabs and all other decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs as sentient beings. The move follows the findings of a government-commissioned independent review by the London School of… Read more »