Arran – Between The Lines

Lochhead ‘breathtakingly wrong’ say Arran conservationists

Gordon Mack 08/06/2011

IT is comforting to note that I am not alone in identifying the SNP Government in Scotland of being long on rhetoric but coming up short on action when it concerns many aspects of marine conservation. And Richard Lochhead, the fisheries minister stands accused again of being out of touch with reality in the latest…

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Arran symposium heralds ‘new force’ for sustainable seas

Gordon Mack 05/11/2010

GROWING confidence about the emergence of a new force in the drive for a more sustainable approach to sea fishing around Scotland was evident at the first symposium organised by COAST, the Arran-based marine pressure group. Some 40 international delegates from all fields of marine policy and science took part in the weekend event…

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