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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]

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]

After two years of constant letter writing and email campaigns; Ross Finnie, the Scottish fishing minister, finally got round to inviting the Scottish SACN and the Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers to a meeting with the Scottish executive to discuss ... [full story]

Tourism 'key' to North Sea region Tourism is being looked at as a way of halting the decline of traditional fishing and oil industry-dependent communities in Scotland. Hall of Clestrain was the home of Arctic explorer Dr John Rae ... [full story]

THOUSANDS of city-dwelling young people are to be encouraged to take up angling in the latest attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour. The Scottish National Angling Programme (SNAP) hopes to attract 50,000 new anglers over the next ten years in the ... [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]

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]

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]

IAN JOHNSTON ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT ( ijohnston@scotsman.com) SCOTLAND's marine life could be almost wiped out within 50 years unless tough action is taken to manage the way humans use the seas, a consortium of environmental organisations has warned. They called for ... [full story]

THE way our seas are governed is a "great muddle", the Scottish environment minister, Ross Finnie, admitted, and the solution could lie in a change to the Scotland Act. Mr Finnie said a Scottish marine bill was not likely to ... [full story]