Category: Featured News

New Vacancy for Catchment Nutrients Officer for Lake District National Park This new post is for a Catchment Nutrients Officer to project manage, develop, coordinate and deliver a nutrient neutrality project in four Cumbrian SAC catchments (River Derwent, River Kent, Esthwaite Water, River Eden). Working in the Strategy and Environment Team of the Lake District… Read more »

A hitchhiker’s guide to floating marine debris Invasive species are recognised as one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity worldwide, second only to habitat loss, and cost the UK economy £120 million a year. But the threat to UK waters could be reduced as pioneering research led by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture… Read more »

Consultation on Draft Dumfries and Galloway Council Plan Dumfries and Galloway Council needs to understand the views of citizens, partners and staff concerning the vision, themes and outcomes within the draft Council Plan 2023-2028. The results of the feedback from citizens, partners and staff will influence the current draft Council Plan 2023-2028. This final version… Read more »

SFP Staff Christmas Holidays   Solway Firth Partnership staff will be on annual leave from 21 December to 4 January inclusive. Most staff will return to work on Wednesday 5 January 2022 but please be aware that some staff may not be back at work until Monday 9 January. We wish you all a very… Read more »

SFP New Year Big Beach Clean -Fauld Bog Bay Beach Clean, 10.30am Sunday 8 January 2023 As part of the Positive Action for a Cleaner Solway Project, we have been working with beach clean volunteers to tackle some of the harder to reach coastline. In collaboration with the farming community, we have removed trailer loads… Read more »

Solway Hoard Creative Workshop – Dunscore Dunscore Pre-school Centre, 5.30pm – 7.30pm, Friday 16 December First was the Viking Hoard, recently there was the Dunscore Hoard. What will future bring? Where will the Solway Hoard be found? What are the stories behind the plastic objects found? You tell us in our final imaginative workshop. This… Read more »

Highly Protected Marine Areas Consultation in English Waters On 6 July, Defra launched a 12-week consultation for five candidate Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English Waters. The consultation closed on 28 September, and Defra intended to publish the summary of responses late December in line with the consultation guidance. They received over 900 responses… Read more »

Results in from the Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2022 This year results show there was an increase in nurdle finds, with 90% of hunts finding nurdles (up from 79% and 87% of hunts finding nurdles in 2021 and 2020) suggesting nurdle pollution could be on the rise. 1,365 volunteers took part in nurdle hunts between… Read more »

Look Out for the Invasive Non-Native American Lobster American lobsters are invasive non-native species, and a high risk/alert species for Scotland and the UK. A Retain and Report campaign was launched in 2020 to raise awareness about the risks they pose (see American Lobster poster Scotland and Scotland A4 lobster Leaflet for more information). It… Read more »

Support for marine and fishing businesses has been announced by Scottish Government. Fishing businesses and marine organisations in Scotland’s coastal communities will benefit from Marine Fund Scotland’s latest round of funding of more than £13 million. A total of 60 projects which contribute to innovative and sustainable practices, minimise carbon emissions and support coastal communities,… Read more »