Sandeels are a vital food source for Scotland's internationally important seabirds.

This is why we are joining other environmental NGOs to support the Scottish governments' decision to close sandeel fishing in all Scottish waters.

📷©️Nicol Nicolson

Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts theguardian.com/environment/20…

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn. “Gradual, year-to year environmental degradation is as detrimental or more so than climate change”. theguardian.com/environment/20…

If “all animals deserve the RSPCA’s protection” & ⁦Chris Sherwood wants “to end intensive farming…to create a more compassionate system” why does ⁦RSPCA Assured⁩ still certify salmon farms in Scotland, where >17m fish died prematurely in 2022? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Delighted to see the launch of our Restore flagship project, the Pertwood Plain, in The Guardian today. This is an exciting chance to restore at scale; reinstate lost processes and demonstrate what a true living ecosystem should and can become.

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Copernicus online portal offers terrifying view of climate emergency theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

‘Red alert’: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report.

“marine heatwaves seared one third of the world’s ocean on an average day in 2023, harming vital ecosystems and food systems” theguardian.com/environment/20…

There's a remarkable similarity between the pattern of variation during the past few years (2021-2024), which is associated with a La Nina-to-El Nino transition, and what was seen during the interval 2013-2016. The difference is the overall warming (~0.2C) that's occurred since.

Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly - we could be in uncharted territory. Head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies “We need answers for why 2023 was the warmest year in possibly the past 100,000 years. And we need them quickly.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

“865 million farmed salmon have died in mass die-offs in the last decade”: Why Massive Numbers of Farmed Salmon Are Dying | TIME time.com/6957610/farmed…

Ofcom’s approach to GB News will dilute trust in media – just when we need it most theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good to see the trailer released for the new BBC series Mammals. It was exciting to film the millions of fruit bats for this series. m.youtube.com/watch?v=X8lIOQ…

No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goal theguardian.com/environment/20…

Scant comfort from Mowi Scotland Limited. These measures only mitigate the current racket we are subjected to, not the noise and microplastic pollution from your planned industrial feed barge. This site is too close to houses + shellfish, we do not want further industrialisation.

Enjoying selling or scoffing 'Scottish' (🇳🇴) farmed salmon? Spare a thought for the exhausted coastal communities fighting the continual industrialisation of our sea lochs by massive multinational companies. The ethical + environmental issues are vast. #Offthetable

Today’s The Guardian on why the island of Gigha is the wrong place for a massive new salmon farm. Salmon cannot be farmed humanely that far south, as climate change warms the sea. theguardian.com/environment/20…

New research published in Nature yesterday shows mass die-offs of farmed salmon are increasing around the world, including in Scotland. The authors say that warmer seas due to climate change are contributing to the rise in deaths. This is inhumane. bbc.com/news/science-e…

Norway & Scotland salmon farms currently have same lice limits, 0.5 adult females per fish.
Week 7 Norway 0.8% of farms breached the limit
Week 7 Scotland 14.6% breached
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Why are the Scottish Gov so much weaker than Norwegian in clamping down on sea lice?