From 15 January 2021 developers will be able to apply for seabed rights to build Scotland’s next generation of offshore wind farms. Having launched ScotWind Leasing in June 2020, Crown Estate Scotland has opened the application window for registered developers to submit their applications. The closing date for submitting applications is 31 March 2021.
Marine Scotland has been accused of allowing “an environmental disaster” by mismanaging fishing and refusing to exclude trawlers from inshore areas where fishermen catch prawns.
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The past 12 months have won the award for the worst year ever and predictions for 2021 might offer some much-needed respite.
Not only did 2020 see the coronavirus pandemic affect people in every corner of the globe, including an isolated station in Antarctica, but the year was chockfull of political upheaval, civil unrest and natural disasters.
In South America, the year began with devastating wildfires raging through the Amazon - fires that increased by 13 percent in the first nine months of 2020.
Brexit ‘was never about economics’ says Claire Fox
The European Union could see one member state feel increasingly isolated due to Brexit as an expert claimed both countries share scepticism concerning the centralisation of the bloc.
Post-Brexit tensions simmer in Ireland s fishing industry
Only 141 vessels out of the full list of 1,900 Irish vessels have been given temporary permits to date
A fishing vessel passes the uninhabited island of Rockhall, which is now the centre of a dispute involving Ireland and Scotland.
Sun, 10 Jan, 2021 - 15:47
Lorna Siggins
Post-Brexit tensions have surfaced in the fishing sector with agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue criticised for the “chaotic” handling of a permit system for Irish fishing vessels in British waters.
Only a small fraction of the entire Irish fleet has been given permits for continued access to British waters, with a reduced quota as a result of Brexit.