With the some statutory management measures in place since February 2016 we are now campaigning to ensure that effective management of the South Arran Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area, and the wider MPA network, is undertaken by Government and regulatory bodies. If you would like to assist in reporting any potential suspicious fishing activity within the MPA please view our K.I.P.P.E.R. Guide here and download the pdf file here.
The South Arran MPA is 4!
On Saturday 8th February 2020, the South Arran Marine Protected Area celebrated its 4th Birthday. Read on to see a video of recent footage.
Conservationists call for three-mile coastal fishing limit in Scotland
On Sunday 5th January 2020, The Guardian newspaper published an article highlighting the calls from the coalition #OurSeas, formed of community, fishing and marine protection groups who want to see fish stocks recovered in Scottish waters.
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.
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.
Honest fishers neglected as a minority of Scottish boats fish illegally in MPAs and are “let off the hook”
169 of Scotland’s 2,000 fishing boats each had more more than five infringements between 2013 and 2015
The Clyde Marine Planning Partnership
Following the publication of Scotland’s National Marine Plan, the Clyde Coastal Forum evolved into the Clyde Marine Planning Partnership, it is comprised of more than twenty organisations and statutory bodies who have a stake in how the Clyde Marine Region is managed.
The Coastal Communities Network
Since the creation of the No Take Zone in 2008, COAST started to receive requests for support from other Scottish communities that wanted to protect their coastal areas from dredging,
Fishing organisations
From our beginning we have worked with fishing organisations to protect the seabed and restore diverse and productive seas that benefit fishers and all other businesses, which rely on sustainable coastal and maritime ecosystems.
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Kelp dredging, an unasked question
Ruaridh, 12 years old, lives in Lamlash Bay and is in the water nearly every day, swimming and snorkelling. COAST learned he is awaiting a response to his unasked question to environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham during her visit to Arran
Honest fishers neglected as a minority of Scottish boats fish illegally in MPAs and are “let off the hook”
169 of Scotland’s 2,000 fishing boats each had more more than five infringements between 2013 and 2015
