Arved Fuch's production team films Leigh Howarth emerging with a bag of scallops for dissection

A programme due to be broadcast to half of Europe will tell the sad story about the degraded marine environment that is the Clyde in 2010.

This summer, renowned explorer and TV personality Arved Fuchs toured a number of North Atlantic islands aboard his famous vessel, the Dagmar Aaen. Each island will soon feature in a series of documentaries on Channel Arte, a channel broadcasted throughout Europe, including Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. This August, director Joanna Michna and TV crew arrived on Arran to film the island’s natural beauty and to get an understanding of why C.O.A.S.T. has campaigned for over ten years to get the Lamlash Bay No Take Zone (NTZ) established.

Filming took two days and began by filming our summer student Leigh Howarth at work in his home laboratory. Footage was taken of Leigh dissecting scallops and was later interviewed about his work and why NTZs are important in maintaining the sustainability of the world’s fisheries. The following day, the film crew came out on C.O.A.S.T.’s Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) to film the dive surveys being conducted in Lamlash Bay this summer. This was then followed up by an in-depth interview with chairman Howard Wood about the development of C.O.A.S.T., the NTZ,  and the other objectives C.O.A.S.T. still intend to achieve.

C.O.A.S.T. would like to thank Joanna and her film crew for taking an interest in C.O.A.S.T. and the isle of Arran. They were friendly, enthusiastic and great to work with.