Hold Fergus Ewing to Account! The large elephant in the Scottish Election Debates is the untold story of this minister's track record https://t.co/DlZjm5rSpL SCFF fishermen went to court and won complaining of negligent inaction. @BBCsarahsmith@BallycroftBally@AlasdairHughson
The scientific evidence was in 20 years ago: illegal scallop dredging is killing UK #maerl beds that are thousands of years old https://t.co/y3uQTvACXl Yet the destruction continues apace https://t.co/PHIBfBpKNe via @alextomo photo by @howardlwood
People need to know what they do when the eat DREDGED scallops make sure you buy hand dived only - illegal industrial fishing damaging Scotland’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’ – Channel 4 News (#OurSeas is the 40 campaign groups for something like 3 mile limit.
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40 groups asked ScotGov for the return the 3 Mile Limit as UN declares industrial fishing is killing our planet - Maerl MPAs which support fish recovery continue to be illegally dredged. Now illegal dredger in wester ross MPA destroys our Bountiful Sea.
https://t.co/BWO1PglEu4
News that Marine Scotland #ScotGov are now investigating suspected illegal scallop dredging around the Summer Isles, inside the Wester Ross marine protected area - via @heraldscotland#scallopdredging https://t.co/zb6zKU8Ps1
We could say the same about the multinational norwegian Farmed Salmon Industry putting REAL fishermen out of work with their expansion plans...Gotta stop it.
Wester Ross Marine Protection Area is home to flame shells, maerl beds & precious habitats for #marine life. @scotseafarms wants to site a new #salmon farm here. This must not be allowed to happen @HighlandCouncil
This beautiful video shows why:
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Watch this heartfelt appeal by the Chairman of the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation about the impact of illegal and LEGAL dredging in our seas. It's a scandal its still able to continue legally. https://t.co/9movHnVTIM
I'd like to add some of this illegal dredging was in Wester Ross MPA too. Shocking as we are a maerl MPA and so WAS Gairloch. This needs to be treated as a criminal act.
NEW - Our latest story is on illegal scallop dredging, with underwater film footage revealing the damage allegedly caused by fishermen breaking the law. https://t.co/C1xcgUaxzf
Only 5% of Scotland's coastal waters are protected from #scallopdredging. It has caused widespread damage over decades and continues to undermine recovery of inshore fisheries and our environment. Illegal dredging is a symptom of a much bigger problem. https://t.co/6CGV6YsCEU
Does anyone believe that Mr Ewing's heart is in this "protecting of the seas" he's reading a script - there's nothing behind his words. Nothing much anyway. We need more of our ministers as we face a global crisis in the environment.
2/2 When pushed about the events being reported on the BBC today, Mr Ewing states it is Government's intention that all vessel are "covering by tracking, to show where the vessel is, and monitoring to show what is taking place on the vessels".
Back in February, divers found evidence of #scallopdredging in the Firth of Lorn protected area. A recovering seafloor wrecked for a few sacks of #scallops. Eight months on, this problem is still afflicting our coastal seas... https://t.co/EwHqR0eMlq https://t.co/liXGxQZzbR
This film was shot over a “Flat” seabed, not sure which bright spark thought that they can neatly trim the kelp while working from a boat in a swell using a mechanical dredge and not damage the environment.
#NoKelpDredge#SoundofJura
We need YOU to help us save Scotland’s kelp #nokelpdredge so if you haven’t done so already please follow our sister Twitter account @Savekelp now, ahead of a crucial week of campaigning! And please RT! @markruskell@claudiabeamish
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It is no longer a rational or acceptable argument, put forward repeatedly by scallop dredging interests,that they need to retain open access for the sake of the socio economic benefits that widespread and indiscriminate dredging apparently provides [!]
This footage was taken inside Gairloch protected area. About 20m further on, a scallop dredge tow has decimated the seabed.
These habitats are scallop spawning grounds, cod nurseries and home to a range of species. We need dredging out of these sensitive waters.
We have requested an urgent meeting with @strathearnrose to raise concerns over proposals to dredge kelp as feel this is a serious threat to inshore fisheries and could cost jobs on the west coast. Also at odds with @scotgov commitments to sustainable inshore usage. #NoKelpDredge