Tomorrow’s Round Kerrera Sea Kayak Race proceeds go to Oban Lifeboat for 4th...
More than 80 kayakers will arrive en masse in Oban Bay tomorrow (Saturday August 24th) for one of the sport’s biggest races in the UK.The competition, which circumnavigates the isle of Kerrera, is the...
View ArticleScottish Salmon Producers Organisation admits to acting on ‘opinion’
Undercurrents, ‘Seafood business news from beneath the surface’ – has today, 22nd August, covered the challenge issued to the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation [SSPO] by the Salmon & Trout...
View ArticlePolitical excursions of the week
In the past week both the pro and anti independence campaigns have taken to desperate measures.Better Together has tried to make Scotland anticipate being the national equivalent of a stateless...
View ArticleJamie McGrigor asks follow up parliamentary question on local engagement in...
Highlands and Islands MSP, Jamie McGrigor, has lodged a second parliamentary question to try to get some actual information from the Scottish Government on an issue important to many coastal...
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Julian Penney: 2013 Oban Sea Kayak Race – news and views
82 Sea kayakers lined up on Saturday 24th August for the start of the 4th Oban Sea Kayak Race.The race has been growing every year since it began in 2009 and has now become part of some sea kayakers...
View ArticleHelicopter Safety Steering Group meets again today on Super Puma downing
Following the tragic downing of the CHC Super Puma off Shetland, the Helicopter Safety Steering Group [HSSG], with the support of the Step Change in Safety Leadership Team, recommended temporary...
View ArticleMajor coup for Argyll and the Isles Tourism in industry buyers conference for...
This is unarguably the biggest coup yet for the energetic and purposive Argyll and the isles Tourism Cooperative Ltd.CEO Mike Story, a sleepless strategist and campaigner for the area, has attracted a...
View ArticlePlanning permission go-ahead for facility development at Portavadie Marina
The proposed new Spa and leisure Building at the 5 star Portavadie Marina resort, designed by Portavadie Marina’s architect Brian Stewart of Stewart Associates is to go ahead.The new building was given...
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Love song to Liverpool: Western Ferries’ Sound of Seil in Mersey for Sea Trials
The indomitable Andy Mahon was on watch at Cammell Laird’s wetbasin this morning – and in his eyrie at the top of the Clock Tower in the former Birkenhead Priory, ready to catch Sound of Seil, the...
View ArticleMcGrigor lobbies EU Commissioner on funding for Highlands & Islands
Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, today, 4th September, met with the European Union Commissioner for Regional Policy, Mr Johannes Hahn, during the Commissioner’s visit to the...
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The encore: Sound of Seil on her way back from the bar
Off the Perch Rock Lighthouse on the return part of her sea trials yesterday, Western Ferriess’ new Sound of Seil came back into the River Mersey from the Liverpool bar. As she came in past the...
View ArticleSuper Puma situation worrying
Two things were announced today and together they do not add up to a comforting scenario for North Sea oil workers.Investigators have, as yet, found no technical reason for the recent fall from the sky...
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Salmon & Trout Association demands answers from salmon farming industry and...
Salmon farming industry figures have now been shown to reveal Scottish regions where sea lice are out of control on fish farms. In consequence, the Salmon & Trout Association Scotland is demanding...
View ArticleMcGrigor gets welcome response to parliamentary question on democratisation...
Following the non-answer from Transport Minister Keith Brown to an earlier written parliamentary question he had put to the Deputy First Minister, who was directly responsible for the issue in which he...
View ArticleScottish Government moves on Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services provision
Yesterday, 9th September, the Scottish Government made two formal moves in respect of the provision of the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services.They issued a Prior Information Notice [here] of what is to...
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Rousing welcome home to Plymouth for HMS Argyll
Back home today, 12th September, after a long deployment including operations in the seas around Africa, the Falklands, the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate, HMS...
View ArticleCalMac hope to finalise winter timetable for usual October start
With a meeting today, 12th September, in Tiree, consulting the island community on winter ferry timetable details, CalMac hopes to be able to reach agreement with the remaining island communities in...
View ArticleMarine Scotlnad consultation on Marine Protected Areas in Argyll
A series of drop-in events are being run in Argyll to give local residents the opportunity to find out about Marine Scotland’s consultation, “Planning Scotland’s Seas”.New Nature Conservation MPAs are...
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After Tiree: swimmer Anna Wardley’s charity auction today, a week ahead of...
While Tiree remains unfinished business – and she’ll be back – long distance endurance swimmer Anna Wardley is about to tackle the last of her 5 Islands challenge swims.In around a week’s time, she...
View ArticleSo what will Transport Scotland talk to Brussels about on Dunoon-Gourock ferry?
With the Dunoon-Gourock Ferry Action group on a protest roister to Holyrood next week the focus returns to that running issue.In the aftermath of the feasibility study for a competing vehicle and state...
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