CELEBRATING THE RATIFICATION OF WESTER ROSS MARINE PROTECTED AREA Sea Change writes from Achiltibuie across the water from Tanera Mor, Scotland: On the 23rd of March 2016 Wester Ross MPA was ratified by Parliament and is now protected by law. This means scallop dredgers are completely banned from the whole area and trawlers are only…
The newspaper was handed to me over a plate of fish and chips with loose peas at the Coffee Pot in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. “Dredging row turns bitter as ban ‘broken’” was the headline of The Press and Journal.[1] The “bitter row” had broken out about a week earlier and turned more bitter…
Sea Change, a local community group made up of members of the public, creel and dive fishermen and scientists on the West Coast of Scotland want dredgers banned and trawling limited in the Wester Ross Marine Protected Area. Creels are used to catch langoustines, crabs and lobsters, much like lobster pots used in New England.…
