November 2019

The recovery of Lamlash MPA No Take Zone and South Arran MPA: Has protection led to improved biodiversity and habitats? . Notley, W.

This study investigated how biodiversity had changed within two separate zones in an MPA around the south of the Isle of Arran, Scotland – an NTZ, which is fully protected from fishing, and the remaining area which is open to a limited amount of fishing.

The recovery of the commercially valuable scallop species under different forms of protection around the Isle of Arran . James, L.

After ten years of the NTZ being in place (2008), and three years since the MPA was designated (2016), new data were collected in 2019 to compare the differences in densities and population structure of King scallop

COAST introduced to Jeju Island, South Korea

A reporter for a daily newspaper in South Korea recently visited Arran to learn about the marine conservation efforts happening here to inspire her community back home.

Howard is a key note speaker at Festival for the Earth

On 7th November 2019, Howard was a key note speaker at the Festival for the Earth in Monte Carlo.

Illegal industrial fishing damaging Scotland’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’

On Friday 1st November, Channel 4 News covered the illegal dredging which took place in the Wester Ross Marine Protected Area (MPA) in July this year.