Tomorrow, we take evidence from Cab Sec Mairi Gougeon & officials on the Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regs 2024.

We'll then consider several items of subordinate legislation.

Live from 9am 👉ow.ly/LP3J50RqP30

❗ WARNING: The #scampi industry's 'improvement project' is officially abandoned. Without this scheme in place retailers cannot claim this seafood is 'responsibly sourced' without breaching their codes of conduct
Tell UK supermarkets to #SayNoToScampi
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It's a legal requirement to prevent harm to our seabed! Scottish Ministers lose court appeal, as landmark judgment upheld by senior judges📷
@ScotGov must overhaul its approach to licensing damaging fisheries particularly scallop dredging
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📢 Survey alert.
Local fisheries need good governance to ensure that management is fair and industry is operating sustainably. Scottish Government is reviewing the governance structure for local fisheries.
Complete the survey by 30 April. by Visit: bit.ly/3w3cr7c

Listen in as Helen McLachlan of Future Fisheries Alliance sets out why she believes remote electronic monitoring (REM) should become mandatory on certain scallop and pelagic boats👇

See how other stakeholders responded to our call for views 👉ow.ly/Ykpk50RnbKg

We've written to Mairi Gougeon Lorna Slater Finlay Carson MSP Maree Todd and Scot Gov Marine calling for the urgent protection of Gairloch herring spawning habitat.

Read our open letter here: bit.ly/herringopenlet…

#BringBacktheFish

🦐 Bycatch: What’s the catch? We investigated the hidden problem of bycatch in scampi bottom-trawl industry and found images that expose the impact this fishing method currently has on the environment.

Visit our website to learn more.
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#SayNoToScampi

World's largest Seafood Expo happening in Barcelona today. Bottom-trawled langoustine is being marketed as 'responsibly sourced', despite high levels of bycatch + industry failure to resolve environmental issues
Our advice #SayNoToScampi until the fishery is better managed #SEG24

Tomorrow, we take evidence on the Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regs 2024 - hearing from...

Scottish Pelagic; Elspeth Macdonald of SFF; Helen McLachlan & Isle of Man Government

Join us live at 9am👉ow.ly/tk2850Rl7v1

We have challenged the Scottish Government

Still, we continue to see no protection to our seas and it’s a matter of urgency we provide the change needed to save our inshore waters.

Follow the case at: openseas.org.uk/legal-challeng…

Join us in safeguarding marine ecosystems & promoting sustainable seafood practices as our Seafood Advocacy Officer. Learn more at bit.ly/4aZUxkO

#marineconservationjobs #advocacy #openseas

.@Scotgov plans to amend our climate change laws to weaken their 2030 emissions target - an admission of #climateaction failure.
Our ocean is on the front line of the climate crisis. We call on all politicians to demand faster action to deliver #netzero by 2030

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