Marine

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• Seasonal closure to protect spawning cod in long-term interests of fishers and marine environment

  An area of the Firth of Clyde will again be closed to most types of fishing activity in spring 2024 and 2025 to protect spawning cod.

  9th February 2024

• Outcome of the 2023 annual meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

  The annual meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) took place between 14-17 November 2023 in London, with parties agreeing on a number of proposals which aim to ensure the conservation and best use of fishery resources in the NEAFC Regulatory Area.

  23rd November 2023

• Outcome of Coastal States consultations on mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring

  Consultations between the Coastal States and Fishing Parties in the North-East Atlantic: the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Russian Federation, have now concluded with agreement on 2024 catch limits for shared pelagic stocks. Agreed records for mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring were finalised on 18 October 2023 and set out…

  25th October 2023

• How Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon are faring

  Every year scientists from the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government assess the status of 173 Scottish salmon stocks using information collected from river fisheries and automatic fish counters combined with environmental information, such as water flow.

  16th August 2023

• Remembering Helen Stormonth Ogilvie (1880-1960)

  On this day in 1880, Helen Stormonth Ogilvie was born who, as far as we know, was the first woman to be employed by the Fisheries Board for Scotland, now the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Born in Dundee, Helen Ogilvie studied at Dundee University College at the time it became affiliated to St…

  17th May 2023

• Bilateral agreement on 2023 fish quotas reached between EU and UK

  UK-EU negotiations have now concluded, with agreement on key shared stocks in the North Sea and West of Scotland, as well as other coastal waters around the UK, with an estimated value of £149.6 million to Scotland.

  20th December 2022

• Outcome of Coastal States consultation on mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring

  Coastal States consultations have now concluded with agreement on 2023 catch limits for shared pelagic stocks.

  9th December 2022

• COP27 blog series: celebrating Scottish seagrass science

  Project Seagrass examines the major ecological role that seagrasses play and how rethinking their conservation is critical to understanding their part in fighting the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

  10th November 2022

• International blue carbon partnerships awarded £10K

  Blue carbon experts have been successful in their bids for funding following the launch of the Blue Carbon International Policy Challenge (BCIPC)

  30th June 2022

• Share your views on sustainable fisheries management

  The Marine Scotland directorate of the Scottish Government currently has two consultations open as part of the 10-year Future Fisheries Management Strategy to deliver on sustainable fisheries management in Scotland. Stakeholders have until 7 June 2022 to share their views on fishing activities and electronic monitoring activity in Scotland’s waters through the respective Future Catching…

  30th May 2022