Category: Featured News

Blue Carbon International Policy Challenge The way in which marine and coastal habitats such as saltmarshes and seagrass store carbon is to be explored and tested through a new Scottish-led initiative to help tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Blue Carbon International Policy Challenge will make awards of £10,000 available… Read more »

Action from Scottish Government on single-use plastic. Legislation has been laid that will see Scotland ban some of the most environmentally damaging single-use plastic items, with the ban coming into effect on 1 June 2022. The ban will apply to the following single-use items: plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks), plates, straws, beverage stirrers and… Read more »

The Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2021 results are in! Results for The 2021 Great Global Nurdle Hunt have now been released and are currently being showcased to decision makers at COP26! The survey revealed the global scale of plastic pellet (nurdle) pollution – 91% of participating countries found nurdles (21 out of 23). To read… Read more »

Research into Gear in Scottish Inshore Creel Fishery is being carried out. St Andrew’s University is carrying out a research project to gather information on the use, recovery, and disposal of fishing gear within Scotland’s inshore creel fishery. To do they are asking commercial creel fishers to complete a short online survey which has been… Read more »

Scottish fisheries and climate change survey launched. The Scottish Government has launched a survey to understand how ready the Scottish fishing sector is to respond to the climate change challenge. The survey launched on Monday 1 November as part of COP26 and is open until the end of November. It will inform a workshop on… Read more »

Coastal Conversations Season Starts on the Solway. The first of the Coastal Conversations will take place at 6.30pm on Thursday 18 November and will feature – Archaeology Techniques: from Geophysics to Excavation. The speakers: Mark Graham from Grampus Heritage and Training Limited and Charlotte Douglas, Community Archaeologist with AOC Archaeology Group will provide a fascinating… Read more »

The Scottish Government has issued a call for evidence on the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy as part of their commitment to ongoing review of the plan. New evidence will help support implementation of the plan, which identified 15 sustainable options for future offshore wind energy developments in Scotland waters, including deep water… Read more »

Notice to Mariners of cable work in the Irish Sea, west of Portpatrick. Global Marine will be conducting the installation of the Scot-NI 3 and Scot-NI 4 Telecommunications cables in Scottish and Northern Irish waters on behalf of British Telecommunications plc during the period 05/11/2021 to 25/12/2021. The chart below shows the proposed cable routes… Read more »

Bringing in the Rhins – come along to the Stranraer drop-in sessions to have your say. With its 10th anniversary approaching in 2022, the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere is reviewing its geographical boundaries and considering ‘Bringing in the Rhins’. Come along to our drop-in sessions in Stranraer on Tuesday 9 November to have… Read more »

It’s not too late to apply to the third round of the Robin Rigg Community Fund. Solway Firth Partnership (SFP) is once again running the Robin Rigg Community Fund for 2022 on both side of the Solway Firth. The Robin Rigg Community Fund, provided by RWE Renewables, is available to community groups and organisations in… Read more »