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25 Feb 2020

MarineNews

Optimisation modelling in the Nephrops fleet: policy brief Scottish Government  January 16th 2020    Economic research providing a valuable addition to the evidence base of Scotland’s Nephrops fishery to help inform discussions on the future of fisheries management. Introduction   The Nephrops[1] fishery was the second most valuable for Scottish vessels in 2018, after mackerel. The Scottish fleet landed […]

05 Jan 2020

MarineNews

Offshore wind energy: draft sectoral marine plan The Plan aims to identify the most sustainable plan options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland. Scottish Government ‘The Plan aims to identify the most sustainable plan options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland, including deep water wind […]

18 Nov 2019

MarineNews

This is one of the subjects that will be discussed at Coastal Futures 2020 The lack of official movement on attempts to re-impose a 3  mile limit on inshore trawling continue to draw attraction. Innovations in vessel tracking and ‘citizen’ monitoring of fishing highlight the issues. This subject was recently the subject of a Channel […]

02 Nov 2019

MarineNews

From the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland by Allen P Sragow    19th August 2019 A US attorney warns that Scotland has 18 months to legislate new marine mammal protection standards or find the largest export market for Scottish salmon closed for business United States Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972 (“MMPA”) prohibits injuring marine […]

18 Jun 2019

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Overview The Scottish Government’s vision is for a marine environment that is clean, healthy, safe, productive and diverse seas; managed to meet the long term needs of nature and people. Scotland’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) network is being developed to help safeguard our most important natural and cultural heritage features on the principle of sustainable […]

11 Jun 2019

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Set against an industry plan to double the size of the Scottish salmon farming sector has been a growing and vociferous coalition of organisations and campaigners opposed to these plans. A Scottish Parliament review was also extremely critical of both the salmon producers and the regulators for their current approach. Set against this has been […]

14 May 2019

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Common Space The Scottish Government has announced a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks and containers as part of plans to tackle climate change. Announcing the new scheme, which will include the ability to return aluminium and steel cans as well as drinks containers made of glass and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic to retailers with a […]