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.
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Communities call for urgent action
In August 2019 COAST was one of 45 signatories on open letters to the First Minister and the Environment Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee, seeking urgent action to protect our National waters.
Consultation by SEPA on Depositional Zone Regulation (DZR). September 2017
COAST Response To SEPA Consultation On Depositional Zone Regulation 280917
Depositional Zone Regulation – A new regulatory method for marine cage fish farms
Consultation on proposal to ban the manufacture and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton buds in Scotland. June 2018
COAST PlasticCottonBudResponse 200618
The purpose of this consultation was to gather views from stakeholders on the addition of secondary legislation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to introduce a ban …
Scottish Government Islands Bill; RECC call for evidence September 2017
COAST Response To REC Committee On The Islands Bill 150917
A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a national islands plan; to impose duties …
