MPA

  • Skipinnish flies fishing industry flag in Aberdeen

    Skipinnish flies fishing industry flag in Aberdeen

    25th May 2023

    Scottish group Skipinnish gave the live premiere of their breakout hit ‘The Clearances Again’ at a packed Aberdeen Music Hall on Friday, 12 May, the first day of the Scottish Skipper Expo in the city. Whilst there were many fishing…

  • HPMAs under fire at Westminster

    HPMAs under fire at Westminster

    15th December 2022

    Committee warned about spatial pressures on Scots industry Industry leaders have attacked government proposals to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), saying that that they lack a sound evidence base and that their effects cannot be measured, reports Tim Oliver.…

  • EU industry threatens court action over MPAs

    EU industry threatens court action over MPAs

    17th August 2022

    EU fishermen have confirmed their intention to take the European Commission to court over moves to ban trawling, longlining and other gears in up to 94 MPAs across EU waters, in areas deeper than 400m. The areas include a large…

  • Study finds ‘whole-site’ approach key to MPA health

    Study finds ‘whole-site’ approach key to MPA health

    20th July 2022

    New research has found that whole-site management of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) can increase the total abundance of species within its borders by up to 95%, reports Paul Scott. The findings are highlighted in a study by the University…

  • MMO moves on restrictions in 13 MPAs

    MMO moves on restrictions in 13 MPAs

    23rd May 2022

    The MMO has launched a ‘call for evidence’ on the impacts of fishing activity in 13 MPAs, reports Tim Oliver. It says the evidence call is to progress conservation efforts in the MPAs. It follows new byelaws to prohibit ‘damaging…

  • Government announces new byelaws for MPAs

    Government announces new byelaws for MPAs

    27th April 2022

    New byelaws designed to protect four Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are to be introduced, reports Paul Scott. The MMO says that the four new byelaws will ban the use of ‘dredges, demersal seines and semi-pelagic trawls, collectively known as bottom-…

  • Over 150,000 Europeans call for EU bottom-trawling ban

    Over 150,000 Europeans call for EU bottom-trawling ban

    7th January 2022

    Just before Christmas, green NGOs delivered a giant pop-up book depicting the ‘devastation’ caused by ‘destructive’ bottom trawling to EU commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, on behalf of more than 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for the EU to…

  • MPA boundaries extended to protect endangered skate

    MPA boundaries extended to protect endangered skate

    22nd December 2021

    Marine Scotland confirmed last week the extension of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) within the Inner Sound of Skye to protect flapper skate, which is similar in size to common skate, and for many years was thought to be the…

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