Creel marker buoys like those pictured are a common sight around the west coast of Scotland especially in Argyll. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Mark Carter
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
Shaming Government dereliction of duty on pregnant seals
It appears that the Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP will insist Continue reading
Fishing: the figures we’re not given
3,500 tonnes – that is the minimum estimate of fish thrown back into the Clyde as ‘by-catch’ and ‘discards’. (But there’s more.) Continue reading
Farmed salmon: employment saviour or ecological disaster?
Oban’s Corran Halls was the venue for a first film showing and debate, entitled ‘Farmed Salmon Exposed’, Continue reading
Public Invited to comment on Sound of Mull fiasco
Scottish Tax Payers ‘Pay-into’ Norwegian Owned Fish Farm Profits
Investigations into the shot seal incident, reported by a family of four holidaying Continue reading
‘Farmed Salmon Exposed’: film show in Oban
On Wednesday 11th November from 19.00-20.00 in the McCaig Suite Continue reading