Scotland's fish, coastal communities, and future depend on healthy inshore seabed habitats. Without healthy spawning habitats, our fisheries have no chance of recovery

📹 Chris Rickard in Cal Major 's Scotland: Ocean Nation on stvplayeruk

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📢 Locals call for urgent protection of newly-confirmed herring spawning grounds off Wester Ross

'we've got a 50 mile stretch of coastline that has been identified as important herring spawning grounds with zero conservation or protection in place' Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine

10 years ago Scottish Government commissioned a report that recommended an inshore limit which would secure existing & new jobs as well as huge environmental gains
Scot Gov Marine just ignored it & then Scot Gov Rural had no hope of achieving GES
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Mairi Gougeon
#InshoreLimit

'Undelivered promises undermine democracy. Scottish Government has a poor record in policy delivery which lets down people and the planet.' - Signatory 12906, Glasgow

Take action for sustainable fishers, coastal communities, and future generations bit.ly/inshorelimit

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Job op!

We would urge all Scottish Fishermen and everyone who is interested in Nephrops fisheries management to identify and attend your nearest event
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Over 12,900 have signed our petition calling on Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine
for an #inshorelimit to safeguard our inshore seas for our fisheries, coastal communities, and future generations 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit

#BringBacktheFish

Our inshore spawning habitats need protection so that sustainable inshore fisheries can recover and thrive 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit

'the biggest threat to the marine environment is Scottish Government 's ongoing failure to protect it due to broken promises and endless delays'

Over 12,850 have signed our petition calling on Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine for an #inshorelimit to safeguard our inshore seas for our fisheries, coastal communities, and future generations 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit

#BringBacktheFish

Incredible effort from coalition members🐟

'Six years after this very area was identified we are still waiting for protection so we'd like to see this area urgently protected for the future health of fish populations' Scottish Government Scot Gov Marine

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I'm proud to have supported this local action with Coastal Communities Network (CCN) & Our Seas members to identify herring spawn using ESA Earth Observation data

It has been proposed for protection since 2018, the SNP/Green coalition promised it for 2024... but it remains without

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