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Environment Secretary visits COAST Discovery Centre

Scottish Cabinet Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham, visited us at Scotland’s first MPA visitor centre, the Discovery Centre, in September 2018. COAST was pleased to see her interact with the new exhibitions …

Mermaid’s Purse reveals treasure at COAST Discovery Centre

For months we nurtured a Mermaid's Purse (a catshark egg case) in our Marine Tank. In April 2020 the baby shark hatched, and we released it into the wild.

Arran plays its part in global climate strikes

On February 22nd 2020, The Arran Banner released an article titled "Arran plays its part in global climate strikes".

Eat & Shop Local during lockdown and beyond

Support local fishermen during the COVID-19 pandemic

Demands for tighter controls to protect Scotland’s precious coastal waters

The Herald Scotland released an article inspired by our Autumn News which focuses on our call to the Scottish Government to implement tighter controls to protect our seas.

COAST feature in British Wildlife Magazine August 2020

The August edition of the British Wildlife Magazine features an article titled "Letter from Caledona", written by Hugh Raven, which explores the history of fishing off Arran and what is being done to recover what is lost.