Coastal community groups off Scotland’s west coast have teamed up with Edinburgh community folk choir, Castle Chorus, to bring together incredible footage from Argyll’s coast and an original song ‘Lullaby Of Unknowing’, in a special dedication … Read More
An introduction to Loch Sunart’s Marine Priority Features
For those of you new to the area, to CAOLAS or our local marine habitats, you may have wondered why Loch Sunart has been classified as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA or MPA)? … Read More
CAOLAS’ summer poetry competition winners announced
During the summer, CAOLAS held a poetry competition where students from our local schools were challenged to get poetic about our wonderful local marine environment of Loch Sunart or the Sound of Mull. We had … Read More
Scottish Government launch ‘The Environment Strategy for Scotland’
On Tuesday 25th February 2020, the Scottish Government published the new Environment Strategy for Scotland – along with its long-term vision and supporting outcomes. It is expected that by 2045 the strategy will have helped … Read More
Scotland’s Coastal Communities Network
CAOLAS is part of a network of other Scottish community coastal groups interested in protecting and preserving our special marine environment. One of the Coastal Communities Network members has been in the news again, with COAST (based … Read More
KIPPER: How to report suspicious activity in Marine Protected Areas
The Loch Sunart to Sound of Jura MPA came into force in 2016 to protect our resident population of common (or flapper) skate, the world’s largest skate species. The Government in the form of Marine … Read More
Marine Scotland Consultation on Large Scale Harvesting of Kelp
CAOLAS looks to respond to any consultations which impact on our coastal and marine environment. One such consultation exercise is from Marine Scotland and the deadline was 24thAugust. Marine Scotland is looking for views on … Read More
Tackling plastic pollution
Why should we care? Global production of plastics is rising. 192 coastal countries like the UK, generated 275 million metric tons of plastic waste and between 4.8 and 12.7 million tons of it ended up … Read More
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