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MSPs close petition calling for end to trawling and dredging in inshore waters

A fisherman calling for a ban on boats trawling and dredging in inshore waters has said the move is needed so Scotland can achieve “good environmental status”. Alistair “Bally” Philip, the national co-ordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s ...

08 Feb 2023 at 13:24

Scotland

Majority supports restrictions on fishing practices in waters closer to shore

More than half of Scots would back a ban on fishing boats dragging nets along the seabed in waters closer to the shore. A survey, carried out for the Our Seas coalition, asked people for their views on the practice, known as bottom trawling, ...

08 Feb 2023 at 02:45

Scotland

Two-thirds of coastal residents fear decline in health of fisheries, poll finds

Two-thirds of residents in some of Scotland’s coastal communities fear a decline in the health of fisheries in the last two decades, a survey has found. Research by Survation found that across Scotland, 40% of people think the health of the ...

19 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Conservation groups hit out at ‘unfulfilled promises’ over Scotland’s seabed

Conservation campaigners said they were “deeply disappointed” by John Swinney’s failure to include protections for “under threat marine habitats” ahead of next year’s Holyrood election. More than 150 groups, which are part of the Our Seas ...

07 May 2025 at 09:23

Scotland

Scotland’s coastal waters ‘better protected when David Attenborough was born’

A campaigner who appears in Sir David Attenborough’s latest film has said Scotland’s coastal waters were better protected when the veteran broadcaster was born almost a century ago Don MacNeish, co-founder of the Community Arran Seabed ...

26 Jun 2025 at 17:15

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