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A new report commissioned by commercial fishermen has destroyed the myth that the reason why fish stocks are so low has little to do with climate change http://www.marlab.ac.uk/FRS.Web/Uploads/Do...20Fisheries.pdf If cod had been fished during 1988-2001 so that it produced the ... [full story]

Here's the latest Newsletter from the SFSA Conservation and Access Team. The upcoming election to the Scottish Executive will offer us an ideal opportunity to get some real focus on sea angling in Scotland, it's Mikes leader and a ... [full story]

Scotland is missing out on a huge potential to develop tourism and is failing to protect the depleted inshore fish stocks and the SACN and the SFSA feel they must be involved to try and redress the balance. The Sea anglers conservation network (SACN) has ... [full story]

The Inaugural meeting of the Shark Alliance Brussels, 17th, 18th & 19th April 2007 Following its acceptance of membership to the recently formed Shark Alliance, Save Our Sharks (SOS) a UK based sea angler shark conservation group attended the first anniversary and ... [full story]

To date there has been little done to promote RSA in the Solway Firth area and no coordination between the different aspects of the sector leading to limited integration with social and environmental issues. ... [full story]

INTRODUCTION The Solway region is blessed with many different geological areas and because of this has one of the widest variety of species found in the UK, but the fishing for the recreational angler is deteriating at an ever ... [full story]

SOS, SACN Scotland and the SFSA are running a combined campaign to encourage the Scottish executive to support proposals by Defra to introduce legislation at the Eu fisheries talks later this month. This will make it illegal to kill any ... [full story]

The Scottish executive has agreed to follow Defras lead on Skate conservation. That in essence means it will be illegal to land any common Skate over 85cm which equates to 25lb. Although not exactly what we wanted it will stop ... [full story]

Islanders' revolutionary conservation idea gathers support Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent Wednesday January 3, 2007 The Guardian Don Macneish remembers when the seas around Arran on the Firth of Clyde teemed with life. When he was a boy, cod, ... [full story]

As of 11/10 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2006/10/10135242 a special roadshow got underway to mark the start of a consultation into proposals for Scotland's first Coastal and Marine National Park. See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/151007/0040442.pdf for a pdf version of the consultation document. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/09095444/0 for ... [full story]