The recent announcement from the High Ambition Coalition at the UNITED NATIONS that 30 percent of the High seas will be protected – is a story of hope that big changes are possible. We need that kind of High Ambition Courageous Coalition here in Scotland. We wholeheartedly support the impulse motivating the HPMA policy: more
Help Us Save the Recovery of our ‘Maerl’ Marine Protected Area from Fish Farm Expansions
If you care about the future of coastal communities, wild fish and habitat recovery then please read our letter to Ministers asking them to veto the CAR licence which the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) gave to Scottish Sea Farms so they can create a new salmon farm at Horse Island in the Summer Isles – WITHIN the Wester Ross Marine Protected Area
“Simply Put: They are Lying”
So says the UN Secretary as he accuses governments of ‘lying’ about climate change – and the rest. | Metro Video https://metro.co.uk/video/un-secretary-accuses-governments-lying-climate-change-policies-2655129/ Listen to him. He says it is only a grassroots movement which will work. In short the politicians won’t deliver. Why? They are trapped in a system that hasn’t delivered and can’t until the population wakes
The Blue Hope Alliance – Eyes Under Water in the North West
This story-blog is a celebration of seven years of discovery: an exploration of the beauty of the underwater world, as well as the first signs of recovery as parts of the marine protected area in Wester Ross begin to restore. Sadly our surveys also include the discovery of damage to this recovery too. For we also focus on
There’s A Whale In The Room during Election 2021
There’s a whale in the room during this election – it’s the “Missing Marine Debate”. The debate which the party leaders who are standing for election in Scotland would have been having, if the media and politicians were making the marine environment a priority. As Attenborough’s films and Netflix’s Seaspiracy show, the management of the sea,
We object emphatically to Scottish Sea Farm’s application for a fish farm at Horse Island
See link below for our objection Seachange Wester Ross_Objection-SSF CAR Licence_Horse Island
The True Energy Cost of Salmon Farming (50 calories in to 1 calorie out)
The claim that fish farming is efficient because it produces 1 kilogram of farmed salmon for 1.25 kilograms of fish (in the food they are fed) is factually correct but leaves so many other facts unstated that it is greenwash. The fish farming industry gets this impressive ratio by: 1. Substituting vegetables and other food for
‘The most reliably devoted eco-warrior’ – in memory of Anna Novak
Tragically for us all, Anna died of a brain hemorrhage on the 20th of August 2020. She was buried in a beautiful spot overlooking Loch Broom on the 6th of September – not far from another ecologically minded Scoraig resident, Tom Forsyth. Our hearts go out to Chris, her partner of 27 years, who shared her passion for the
Channel 4 News on Illegal Dredging in Wester Ross MPA
Alex Thomson’s film on Channel 4 News shows what is at stake in Wester Ross from illegal dredging, as well as how community volunteers have acted to protect the ecosystem within the Marine Protected Area. Sea Change, with the support of our partners in the citizen science alliance we have built together, have worked very hard to survey mearl. Volunteers
Calling on Our MSP’s to examine the return of something like the 3 Mile Limit
This letter was sent on the 7th November to the REC Committee and other MSPs requesting they examine the merits of the return of the 3 mile limit or an equivalent – following the Channel 4 News piece on the Wester Ross incident. (some text has been amended to protect individuals) Dear Edward and Gail, Sea Change