Eight Argyll projects supported by EU Fisheries Fund
We may have little of our fleet left and with worse to come from the ongoing Common Fisheries Policy negotiations but in the latest round of European Fisheries Fund (EFF) grants, a few bawbees of...
View ArticleBertie Armstrong says fishing deal the best the UK could have got from EU
[Updated below - political responses] Scottish fishing industry leader, Bertie Armstrong, CEO of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, has greeted the end of the 2012 negotiations on the EUs Common...
View ArticleLochhead responds to Iceland announcement on self imposed mackerel quota
Iceland has announced that it is taking a unilateral and self-imposed cut of 15% on its mackerel quota for 2013.With the UK mackerel fishery largely a Scottish fishery, Fisheries Secretary Richard...
View ArticleLoch Fyne fishermen in the news
Tarbert fisherman, Kenny MacNab, recently gave a presentation on the Clyde Fishery from 1950 until the present day to Scottish Ministers – including Fisheries Secretary, Richard Lochhead, the Scottish...
View ArticleCowal, Wester Ross, Moray and Borders celebrate first Scottish Land Fund Awards
Launched in 2012, the £6 million Scottish Land Fund is funded by the Scottish Government and delivered by the Big Lottery Fund in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Awards announced...
View ArticleMcGrigor pushes Lochhead for details of EU fishing discard ban in practice
In the Scottish Parliament today, 11th June, Jamie McGrigor MSP, Scottish Conservative Fisheries Spokesman, pressed the interests of west coast artisanal prawn fishermen with Cabinet Secretary for...
View Article‘Yes Shetland’ campaign launched as SNP cabinet hits town with deceptive...
Let no one imagine that the Northern Isles are aiming for anything but independence. For the Shetland and Orkney Isles, Devo Max is not an option. Scottish independence is an irrelevance in the view...
View ArticleTwo more starter farms tenanted in Forestry Commission Scotland initiative
First time farmers in Ayrshire and Stirling have been awarded the tenancies of Forestry Commission Scotland’s newest starter farms.The initiative is designed to help young farmers get a first step into...
View ArticleAll the ‘A’s: The A Team and the announcements at the SNP conference
There were a lot of things that were interesting about the SNP’s annual party conference in Perth over the past few days.The party’s A Team for this last set piece before the September 2014...
View ArticleScotland’s first Rural Parliament to hold first meeting in Oban this year
In November 2014, Scotland’s first Rural Parliament will meet for the first time – in Oban in Argyll. The west coast town’s role in this signal event is supported by its status as ‘the gateway to the...
View ArticleFisheries Secretary questioned on failure of talks on EU mackeral quotas
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, was called upon to explain the failure of recent talks in Edinburgh – involving the EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands – aimed at reaching...
View ArticleTiree takes its wholly unable power situation straight to government
Argyll’s Atlantic island of Tiree is well used to fending for itself and is markedly robust in its ability to do so – self-reliance being the necessary characteristic of island life.Tiree has never...
View ArticleMarine Conservation Society pleased by Scottish Government’s carrier bag charge
The Marine Conservation Society [MCS] is pleased that a charge on single-use carrier bags will be introduced by law across Scotland in October this year [2014]. MSPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of...
View ArticleCommunity Land Scotland chair to call tomorrow for early action on...
Community Land Scotland Chair, David Cameron, will tomorrow, 6th June, call for early action to implement the Land Reform Review Group report which was published on 23rd May.He will do so in his...
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Three unforgettable scenic viewpoints now open at Scotland’s first National Park
In an imaginative government initiative inspired by Norway, art and architecture have been married with nature to create a special journey through Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland’s first...
View ArticleMysterious Scottish Government press release on new marine conservation order...
On Monday this week, the Scottish Government issued a breathy press release full of urgency and drama and import – containing the following, along with accompanying remarks by Fisheries and...
View ArticleRussell gazumps new First Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle announcement
[Updated 12.30 - emerging reshuffle detail and cabinet portfolios.] In advance of new First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s imminent announcement of her reshuffled government team, Argyll and Bute SNP MSP...
View ArticleWith her government team completed, how will Nicola Sturgeon’s set do the job?
Completing her first administration with the announcement of thirteen and a half sub-cabinet level ministerial appointments.Of these thirteen and a half, six ministers remain in their previous posts,...
View ArticleScottish Land & Estates asks for unambiguous definition of ‘sporting estate’
Scottish Land & Estates has asked the Scottish Government to provide a definition of ‘Sporting Estates’ in order that rural businesses will know whether or not they will qualify for farm support.In...
View ArticleRussell urges concessions for dairy tankers to Bute and Gigha
Local MSP, Michael Russell, has urged the Scottish Government and CalMac to expand an agricultural concession already in place on Scotland’s ferries – to help the struggling dairy farmers of Bute and...
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