2 May 2012 Last updated at 00:47 Young gannet are harvested from a small island off Lewis A chance to sample guga - a delicacy on the Western Isles - will be offered during Scotland's Festival of Museums. Guga is the meat of young gannets, which are harvested in summer from the island of Sula Sgeir, about 40 miles (64km) north of Ness on Lewis. The meat is described as grey, strong-smelling and salty. Ness ...
NewsOrganisation: Fife Council Location: Dunfermline Salary/Hourly Rate: £13440 - £16087 Hours: Varies Full/Part Time: Part Time Published: 28 January 2012 Closing Date: 24 February 2012 Ref. No.: FIF004375 Work Location: Fife wide Hours: Various hours per week (including evenings and weekends) Salary: £13,440 - £16,087 (Pro Rata) (£7.16 - £8.57 per hour) Youth work in Fife takes place in a broad range of community settings and works with a diverse group of young people. Primarily aimed at young people aged 13 – 18 years, youth work can happen in a local community centre, church hall, commercial venue or on the streets. Youth work is more than just the traditional youth club, we now work with young people during the day in structured learning programmes designed to improve their core skills. We offer young people opportunities to get involved in the decision making structures of the council through local youth forums and the...
Jobsby Sandy MacDonald, BDMLR Outer Hebrides Acting Co-ordinator Since their training in May the British Divers Marine Live Rescue (BDMLR) medics in the Uists have been kept on their toes with two Atlantic white sided dolphins in North Uist, a mass stranding of long finned pilot whales at the Kyle of Durness, a Fin whale in South Uist and several Grey seal pups in North Uist, Benbecula and Vatersay. Sadly, because we don’t, as yet, have trained medics in Barra and Vatersay, the seal pup in Vatersay died before we were able to get someone out to lift it from the beach. We need to train more people throughout the islands, especially in Barra and Vatersay, and a marine mammal rescue course will ...
NewsNa h-Eileanan an Iar MSP, Alasdair Allan’s campaign to get banks to recognise the rights of crofters to apply for mortgages has resulted in Crofting Minister, Stewart Stevenson, writing to the banks asking for them to address a ‘misunderstanding’ on their part about the situation which is denying some crofters a mortgage. Alasdair Allan commented: ‘A number of crofters have contacted me to complain that ...
News21 October 2011 Last updated at 09:49 Catriona Watt was 19 when she won the BBC Scotland award A former winner of BBC Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year has won the ladies' Gold Medal final at the Royal National Mod. Singer Catriona Watt, from Lewis and now living in Glasgow, won the BBC
News8 August 2011 Last updated at 15:51 Young gannet were once harvested on other Scottish islands, including Orkney Permission for the harvesting of young seabirds will be reviewed as part of a wider assessment of a government agency's licensing functions. Thousands of gannet chicks are taken from the island of Sula Sgeir, north of Lewis, to be eaten as a delicacy. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said the traditional guga hunt in its current form was sustainable. However, it added that the issue would be considered in detail during the review over the next 12 months. The...
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