Category: Featured News

SEPA are running a consultation on their draft Solway Tweed River Basin Management Plan. SEPA are asking for your feedback on the updated aims and actions to protect and where necessary, improve the water environment in the Solway Tweed River Basin District. Your responses to this consultation will help ensure that the actions and approach… Read more »

The NWIFCA have now opened a consultation on the minimum conservation reference size byelaw. The byelaw, described in NWIFCA Byelaw 1 has been approved and made by the Authority. In accordance with Defra’s byelaw making process the Authority must now advertise the byelaw and provide a consultation period of 1 month before it can be… Read more »

Vacancy in Natural England for Marine/Coastal Lead Adviser – Cumbria Team Natural England (NE) are looking for a marine and/ or coastal lead adviser. The successful candidate will have a broad range of responsibilities covering the marine and/ or coastal area from the Solway Firth on the border with Scotland down to Morecambe Bay in… Read more »

A £2.5 million fund to help adventure and marine tourism businesses in Scotland prepare for the 2021 season was launched on 27 January by VisitScotland. The new Marine and Outdoor Tourism Restart Fund will be administered by VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government in partnership with sector groups Wild Scotland and Sail Scotland who… Read more »

A new website to provide fishers with a source of up to date information has been launched by Scotland’s Regional Inshore Fisheries Group (RIFG) network. The RIFG website, will be regularly updated with input from the five nationwide groups including the West Coast RIFG which covers the Scottish Solway area. The launch of the website is… Read more »

Environment Agency invests £48 million in projects to benefit fishing. The Environment Agency invested over £48 million in projects to enhance fisheries and make improvements for anglers, angling facilities and the environment during 2019-20. The EA’s Annual Fisheries Report, published on 15 January shows that over £20 million was raised from rod licence sales, with… Read more »

Marine Scotland – protecting Scotland’s Seas. Marine Scotland is the directorate of the Scottish Government responsible for the management of Scotland’s seas. It has operational responsibility for monitoring and ensuring compliance with marine regulations within the British Fishery Limits, where Scotland has devolved powers. This includes work to deter and detect illegal fisheries activities, illegal… Read more »

The Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020 has been launched. A new online platform which assesses the condition of Scotland’s marine environment and the human activity it supports showcases this new assessment. The interactive portal, which is an update to Scotland’s Marine Atlas 2011 brings together work from more than 250 scientists into 183 studies which review… Read more »

Marine Scotland Publish their Future fisheries: management strategy – 2020 to 2030. Through the delivery of Marine Scotland’s (MS) Future Fisheries Management Strategy they set their vision for Scotland to be a world class fishing nation, delivering responsible and sustainable fisheries management. This strategy sets out the MS approach to managing Scotland’s sea fisheries from… Read more »

Reminder: Application for Whelk Track Record Closes 17th January The NWIFCA Potting Permit Byelaw 2020 was sent to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on 17 July 2020 for Q&A prior to being sent to Defra for confirmation by the Secretary of State. Under the process for assigning whelk track record, applications for both whelk track… Read more »