Tope the target for this year’s Sharkatag weekend

Gordon Mack

TOPE will be the main target for the Scotland’s second Sharkatag weekend, scheduled for this June. The event, which last summer attracted more than 200 volunteer participants and generated more than £40,000 for the local economy in the Solway area of south-west Scotland, was recognised as the biggest sea angling conservation exercise ever mounted in…

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Scotland’s first shark project officer takes up post

Gordon Mack

SCOTLAND’S first shark project officer is now at work.   James Thorburn, a marine biologist who studied at Stirling and Heriot-Watt universities, has a strong track record of involvement in Scottish research projects. His appointment, as part of a £52,000 support package from Scottish Natural Heritage and the Argyll and Islands LEADER programme, comes at…

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