Community of Arran Seabed Trust
Time to rock the boat on MPAs
It is COAST's view that Scotland's marine environment is at a genuine crossroads. Either we choose to act now collectively or we face a continued race to the bottom of the food chain and squander one of Scotland's greatest natural assets and a 'renewable' public resource.
Read COAST’s commissioned article 'Time to Rock the Boat' which explains the regulatory, political and ecological context of the current drive to establish Marine Protected Areas in Scotland with comments from a variety of pro and sceptical marine stakeholders.
February 2012 Newsletter |
Based on Arran, the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) recognises and values the amazing marine biodiversity right by our shores and the need to protect it for future generations. COAST is the driving force behind Scotland's first No Take Zone, created by law in Lamlash Bay in 2008. A No Take Zone is an area of sea and seabed from which no marine life can be removed by any method allowing the ecosystem the chance to regenerate.
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