SSACN are proposing to hold a meeting on November 15th and 16th to raise the awareness of our spurdog tagging programme.

The main aim of the weekend is to tag as many spurdog as possible from shore and boat.

Even though the spurdog are at 5% of their original biomass, Cabinet Secretary Lochhead and the Marine Directorate still require further evidence before they are willing to take any action to protect them. Our programme is therefore aimed at gathering the data necessary to provide estimates of fish movements and whether or not there is a resident population of breeding spurdog.

The fact that SEA LIFE centres around Britain are now working to raise awareness and money to support the SSACN spurdog tagging programme will help accelerate the work which has been done to date by volunteer sea anglers.

See http://www.ssacn.org/2008/08/23/sea-life-boost-ssacn-research

With a little organisation we should be able to ensure that those without tagging kits can fish close to those that have.

If you fancy joining us then email

If the demand is there we could hire the big house at Ardtornish Loch Aline which will sleep about forty people on a self catering basis This would cost circa £20-£25 per night http://www.ardtornish.co.uk/Pages/ARDTORNISH_HOUSE.asp

Please let us know your thoughts