Protecting the Loch Carron flame shell bed showed the way An important consultation on how we protect the wider marine environment Overview The project to improve protection given to PMFs outside the MPA network was initiated in May 2017. This followed an incident in Loch Carron in April 2017 when a flame shell bed was […]
SNH ‘Divers have discovered the world’s largest known colony of flame shells in Loch Carron in the Highlands. The small bivalve molluscs with fiery orange tentacles spend most of their lives hidden away inside nests. Now ministers must consider making emergency measures to protect them permanent. In 2012, 100,000,000 of the molluscs were discovered in […]
Bob Earll ‘Good news and bad. The bad news is that the flame shell bed had to been badly damaged before Scottish Government acted. The good news is that once notified their response has been quicker than anything known in the history of MPAs in UK providing a valuable precedent.’ Scottish Government has announced today […]