Looking ahead to 2012 ?
Want to enjoy some good company and fishing ?
Want to make a real difference ?
Support the Scottish Shark Tagging Programme
Help save Scotland’s sharks.
Three Events which throughout the year.
 
Download a copy of the poster and share it around.
Tagging is the only non-destructive assessment of sharks available which will help provide data such as :

Species migrations
Growth rates
Population and stock make-up
Stock fluctuations dynamics

The data will be used to input into the Scottish Government shark management plans.
Reports on each event highlighting socio-economic benefit to the area …

SSACN’s Event Team would like to welcome back to all those seasoned Tagathon anglers and all the new faces joining in this year to help tag as many fish as possible in the name of conservation. 
They have created an information pack to provide all anglers with all the information they require to have a great weekend in the Loch Sunart and Loch Etive areas of the West of Scotland.
To take part in the Event all you have to do is turn up, collect your participants pack, go fishing, tag …

Once again Sharkatag received terrific support with anglers fishing from over 50 boats and, reflecting the growth of this sector of our sport, a new record 20+ kayaks took part and although there were many tagging stalwarts a good number of newcomers to the sport and Sharkatag were also welcomed.
Friday was very disappointing in terms of the number of fish caught. Expectation was high, the weather was good, the tides were right but the fish failed to show; Saturday was equally difficult with the boats fishing off Ardwell having the …

We had a terrific time at Sharkatag. It was truly brilliant.  Not a lot of fish but great enjoyment.  As requested I have attached a few photographs from our trip to the event, hope they show the atmosphere of the event?. Yesterday with the swell it was an amazing sight to see all the guys on the slipway helping the other boats in.  This summed up Sharkatag for me. I hope you are able to use the photographs.  We enjoyed it so much that we will be registering for Sharkatag …

Only 5 days till Sharkatag 2011 !!!
The information pack is now available  for download.
Those attending Sharkatag will off course be given a full printed version when they pick up tags, recording cards etc next week. In the pack you will find everything you need to know from what SHARKATAG is all about, contact numbers, tagging guides, fish identification guide etc etc ……. we have tried to make it as informative as we can but if you need any more info then please email us at contact@ssacn .org.
If you haven’t …

Join the many other anglers fishing marks around the Solway looking to catch, tag and/or record data regarding a variety of shark species including tope, smoothound and spurdog.
Sharkatag is part of the SSACN’s campaign to highlight the urgent need for shark, ray and skate conservation in Scottish waters, as well as raising the public awareness of sea angling and its contribution to the economies of many coastal communities.
We are hoping to build on last years successful event when Sharkatag attracted over 200 volunteer sea anglers fishing from the …

The next SSTP Special Event is Sharkatag 2011 to be held 24/25/26 June 2011 – see this page for more information.
This year we are expecting it to be bigger and better than ever before, but,
Without you there is no event and
With no event there is no fun and
without the effort and commitment of all involved no one else will collect the necessary data to try and help ensure the future of these magnificent creatures.
 
Go here to download a copy of the Sharkatag 2011 poster (pdf).
See this page to register for …

The Special Event’s Team have just released their latest set of update notes for the upcoming Skate Tagathon; they may be downloaded in pdf form from here.

Full details of the 2011 Skate Tagathon have now been released, they can be found here.
You can still download the poster in pdf format from here.

To make this event a success we once again need your help. So please consider coming along with your mates, your boat and/or your beach casters to help us with this important conservation work.
The event will be based around two main participation centers on Loch Etive and Loch Sunart both of which will be manned by SSACN volunteers on a daily basis. To participate simply fill in the form at http://www.tagsharks.com/tagathon-2010
Tagathon is part of our ongoing campaign to allow the stocks of spurdog and common skate in Lochs Sunart …