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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Good to see Ministers pushing each other for action to deliver their legal climate targets 👇

It's my view much more needed on building decarb & to help people keep warm homes & that is Patrick Harvie's own portfolio so hope to see more there too
scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Gairloch campaigners urge Scottish Government to protect ‘first herring eggs in decades’ dlvr.it/T5WMmJ

BREAKING: More than half fish quotas agreed by UK are above scientific advice 🚨

The Government’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) found that only 46% of catch limits negotiated by UK with EU and countries such as Norway for 2024 are at…

Yesterday this scallop dredge vessel was scouring sensitive areas of seabed inside a Marine Protected Area that was meant to have had legal protection since 2016 (BACKGROUND 👉openseas.org.uk/news/scotlands…)
Scot Gov Marine inaction is not responsible in the #OceanDecade #OceanDecade 24