As part of their life cycle, seals need to exit the water in order to rest, give birth, and moult. Continue reading
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Government licences shooting of pregnant seals in breeding season
The Scottish Government has just licensed the shooting of pregnant seals Continue reading
Loch Etive integrated coastal zone management successes
The meeting of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) for Loch Etive last Tuesday Continue reading
LEAF comes out unanimously against Luing Fixed Link
Lorn Environmental Action Forum (LEAF) is a group of groups, whose members are a number Continue reading
Last chance for Scotland’s marine environment
Thursday 4th of February sees Stage Three of the Marine (Scotland) Bill. This is where Continue reading
LEAF springs into life as an umbrella
Never has a more appropriately named organisation considered publishing a Leaf-let Continue reading
Creelers and scallop divers: environmentally friendly fisheries
Creel marker buoys like those pictured are a common sight around the west coast of Scotland especially in Argyll. Continue reading
When leaders can’t lead: roads to and from Copenhagen
Two weeks of deliberations between 192 countries: is it a deal or isn’t it a deal? When is a ‘deal’ meaningless? Continue reading
‘There’s a porpoise close behind me…’
… and it’s in trouble. The use of static nets is to blame. Now locally becoming an imperilled species, Continue reading
West coast prawn boats exempt from Days at Sea restriction
Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP, has welcomed the announcement that 67 Continue reading