SNH and Griff Rhys Jones cast their support for CRAG over Lamington Quarry...
The energetic Clyde River Action Group (CRAG) have had SNH come down on their side in opposition to the application by Paterson’s of Greenoakhill (named and shamed by SEPA as a persistant polluter) to...
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SSACN success as shark tagging officer gets his skates on in Oban
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network deserves all the successit gets. It has been energetic, proactive and inventive in starting work itself on a project it has long campaigned to see happen –...
View ArticleFlooding flags opposition case on Upper Clyde proposed gravel quarry
The robust case against the proposed establishment of a giant gravel quarry on the banks of the Upper Clyde at Overburns Farm near Lamington found powerful support in December – from nature.The weather...
View ArticleUpper Clyde’s Lamington Quarry campaign maintains its guard
This is the continuing saga of the proposal by one of Scotland’s few serial polluters – Patersons of Greenoakhill (described as such by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency) – to establish a...
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Follow BBC ALBA on the journey of the King of Fish
The breathtaking series, Turas a’ Bhradain, The Salmon’s Journey, returns to BBC ALBA at 8.30pm on Tuesday 18th May, taking you on an exhilarating journey, discovering the best salmon fishing rivers in...
View ArticleCRAG welcomes recommended rejection of Paterson’s plan for Upper Clyde gravel...
(Updated) The Clyde River Action Group (CRAG) is waiting to get the decision today from South Lanarkshire’s Planning Committee on whether or not permission will be granted to the quarry firm, Patersons...
View ArticleLamington quarry application rides again: Clyde River Action Group face...
CRAG, the Clyde River Action Group, fought a protracted stand off over 2009 and 2010 with quarry firm, Paterson,s of Greenoakhill, named and shamed as a serial polluter by SEPA, the Scottish...
View ArticleSSACN’s shark tagging programme goes international
And no – this is not a political story.The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) has just announced a collaboration with Sportvisserij Nederland (Royal Dutch Angling Association) which will...
View ArticleRiver Awe’s flows revised to improve fish spawning and juvenile fish numbers
Argyll’s biggest river, the Awe, which has been harnessed for hydro since the late 1950s, has, in an unprecedented move, had the pattern of its water flows fundamentally revised,The aim of this is to...
View ArticleCalMac lists some summer madnesses around water
As the operator of almost all of Scotland’s west coast Ferry services, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has pretty well seen it all. the company knows just what range of daft ideas the combination of warm...
View ArticleSSACN says smart sea anglers use curves to give fish a chance
You can now estimate the weight of a sea fish by simply measuring its length.A new web page has been launched here by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) which presents interactive...
View ArticleSeabed salmon farm pollution: S&TA provide figures to negate challenge from SSPO
The Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA) recently published a report on documents extracted from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency under Freedom of Information.The documents in question...
View ArticleNancy Kovachik: Canadian students prepare for visit to Lismore
Powerview School, in Powerview-Pine Falls in Manitoba, is once again abuzz as students and staff engage in a school year filled with opportunity and incredible learning experiences.Just 8 weeks into...
View ArticleLeading Clyde fishery expert joins the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust
A leading figure in the management of the Firth of Clyde fishery has joined the Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust as a Trustee.The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT), a charity set up to...
View ArticleSearch for missing Loch Awe camper to resume Tuesday morning
Oban Mountain Rescue team, a coastguard search team and the marine unit from Strathclyde Police have been searching the shores of Loch Awe between Loch Awe village in the area dominated by Kilchurn...
View ArticleBody of missing Loch Awe angler found
Strathclyde Police report the finding of the body of the missing 25 year old angler, Michael Pringle, who had been camping and fishing with his father in the area at the head of Loch Awe.There appears...
View ArticleSalmon & Trout Association says: Stop protecting salmon farmers from proper...
Below, the Salmon & Trout Association Scotland is naming the farms and showing Scottish Ministers and MSPs why they need to require full disclosure by law from the salmon farmers of sea-lice data....
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Community safety Lochwatch applies to buy 2 hectares on Loch Aweside
Lochwatch is the Community safety organisation set up to patrol Loch Awe to help boat users in the wake of the tragedy that saw four Glasgwegian fishermen drowned when their boat overturned in thick...
View ArticleScottish Government introduces new management system for salmon and...
An ambitious programme of wild fisheries reform has been set out by Environment Minister, Dr Aileen McLeod.A paper published today, 15th May 2015, confirms the Scottish Government’s commitment to the...
View ArticleInitial sectoral response to Scottish government’s consultation paper on wild...
The Association of Scottish Fishery Boards [ASFB] and the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland [RAFTS] have made their initial response to Scottish Government’s consultation paper on wild fisheries...
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