Job vacancy: Project Leader for Scottish Shark Tagging Programme
SSACN – the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network – have a vacancy for a Project Coordinator for their Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP).The organisationLast year SSACN was glad to receive...
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Skating with SSACN in the Sound of Jura
This weekend – over the period from Thursday 7th – Sunday 10th April 2011 – the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) is holding a Skate Tagathon in the waters of the Sound of Jura, off the...
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Results of SSACN Skate Tagathon in Sound of Jura
We wrote recently about the experience of witnessing the tagging of skate in the Sound of Jura and the work of the conservation organisation responsible for the event – the Scottish Sea Angling...
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Sharkatag 2011: serious concern for tope and ray stocks
Are Scottish tope shark stocks in decline and will we ever see any rays again? These are two of the questions facing Scottish fisheries managers following the Scotish Sea Angling Coinservation...
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SSACN greet new project coordinator – and tagging Scotland’s largest smoothhound
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) now has a new project coordinator. Julie Hope (left) – who joined them recently, replacing James Thorburn in managing the Scottish Shark Tagging...
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171lb skate caught off Oban from MV Gannet
This 171 pound skate was caught from the MV Gannet, skippered by Adrian Lauder, out of Oban on 6th August 2011.It was caught – in something of an international team effort – in perfect weather...
View ArticleSSACN’s shark tagging programme goes international
And no – this is not a political story.The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) has just announced a collaboration with Sportvisserij Nederland (Royal Dutch Angling Association) which will...
View ArticleSSACN says smart sea anglers use curves to give fish a chance
You can now estimate the weight of a sea fish by simply measuring its length.A new web page has been launched here by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) which presents interactive...
View ArticleHamish Currie, Predator and a predator of the seas
Hamish Currie’s boat is called Predator. Built at RedBay Boats in Cushendall on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, he keeps it there.An Ayrshire man, Hamish’s business is sea angling and Predator is...
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Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network in Tobermory’s new Visitor Centre
Tobermory Harbour has a new Marine Visitor Centre which opened to the public at the end of July.The centre hosts interactive and informative displays of interest to all ages, covering a broad cross...
View ArticleSSACN Spurdog Tagathon in Lochs Etive and Sunart
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th November are the dates for the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network’s annual shark Tagathon in Argyll waters.This year they’re looking for the Spurdog shark species to catch,...
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SSACN Common Skate recapture event for Ardfern in April
The always busy Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network [SSACN] is running their third Common Skate Event – from the 19th-21st April.This will again see dedicated volunteer sea anglers travelling...
View ArticleArdfern sees SSACN Skate Recapture this weekend
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network [SSACN] is running their third Common Skate Event this weekend – from the 19th-21st April – in the waters around Ardfern in Argyll,This will again see...
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SSACN skate recapture shows territorial evidence
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network’s weekend fishing for skate in the Sound of Jura – from Friday 19th to this afternoon, Sunday 21st April – was focused on recapture, hoping to catch and...
View Article5 Argyll projects in 6 category finals of 2013 Nature of Scotland Awards
Sustainable fishing, wildlife gardens, beavers and bean geese, were just some of the projects announced as finalists in RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday...
View ArticleRenewed funding support for volunteer Scottish shark tagging project
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network [SSACN] are delighted to announce that they have received funding support for the next three years from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Heritage...
View ArticleScottish Sea Angling Conservation Network 2014 events
The resourceful and innovative Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network [SSACN] has issued advance notice of its programme of events for 2014.These involve familiar events like Tagathons – catch, tag...
View ArticleUK’s sea anglers come together to ‘Give Fish A Chance’
National sea angling organisations and Non-Governmental Organisaations [NGOs] from around the UK have come together to develop common policies regarding the threats and problems facing sea fish and sea...
View ArticleMeetings for anglers to discuss ‘Revive the Clyde’ campaign
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network [SSACN] and the Sustinable Inshore Fisheries Trusty [SIFT] are hosting a series of meetings for anglers in Noveber discuss the ‘Revive The Clyde’ Campaign,...
View ArticleSSACN’s long campaign close to seeing EU ban on landing Tope shark
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network is delighted that, following years of campaigning backed up by the data from its Scottish Shark Tagging Programme [SSTP], tope [Galeorhinus galeus] is a...
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