For Argyll

The Scottish Government is introducing two initiatives to help struggling west coast fishermen.

• A task force to help access the European Fisheries Fund
• Positive consideration of applications to equip fishing boats

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Scottish Government Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead refused to accept the deal on the table this week in the negotiations on EU fish quotas. As it stood, this threatened the devastation of Scotland’s west coast fishing fleets, with up to 2,000 jobs…

Bute’s resourceful campaign group, Stop The Inchmarnock Fish Farm (or STIFF) has now seen the Animal Concern charity come into play in its bid to stop the award of a licence for a planned fish farm off the small island’s…

There has already been a lot of concern about the impact on Argyll and other west coast fishing communities of current EU proposals to close down fishing for cod, haddock and whiting in west coast waters.

But, in a move that…

Economists from Glasgow Caledonian University have completed a report on the economic impact of sea angling, commissioned by the Scottish Government.

On the day that Sportscotland announced an annual award of £20,000 for coaching in sea angling in addition to £25,000…

Sometimes you have to feel sorry for Argyll and Bute Council. It seems to have attracted a jinx on pier / slipway contracts. For Argyll has reported several times on the foreseeable and avoidable problems at the new Port Askaig Harbour…

Environment Minister,Michael Rusell has launched a new National Course in Crofting at Sgoil Lionacleit in Benbecula in the Western Isles. This will become another subject option i the school curriculum and is expected to set the lead in the introduction…

Last night, 27th November 2008, a fishing boat suffering from engine failure requested assistance from Oban lifeboat.

The fishing boat had been under tow from a fellow fishing boat but the tow had repeatedly parted because conditions were poor.

Oban lifeboat…

Lighthouse Caledonia, the salmon farming company operating across Scotland, is closing its plant at Marybank outside Stornoway in the Western Isles, with the loss of 130 processing jobs.

For Argyll has reported onthis before as the weaknes of its position was known…

Until now, the Scottish Government has only had authority over Scottish waters to a 12 mile limit. Now, in an agreement between the UK Government and the various devolved administrations, announced to MSPs by Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead, each nation…