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The Green Blue Attends the Maritime Festival in Stornoway

The Green Blue attends the Maritime Festival in Stornoway

The Green Blue attended this year’s 10th annual Sail Hebrides Maritime Festival in Stornoway and helped the event organisers to ‘think green’ and encouraged participants to minimise their environmental impact whilst enjoying the sailing activities on offer.    Project Officer, Julia Christie, see photo, gave an environmental briefing at the welcome reception, promoting the simple measures skippers could take on board their boats.  Attention was also drawn to the fantastic diversity of marine wildlife in and around the Western Isles.  Sightings of basking sharks, dolphins, Minke whales and a leatherback turtle were all enthusiastically reported.  The requirement for skippers to act responsibly and within the law around these marine animals was emphasised.   As always, The Green Blue literature packed full of practical advice proved popular as did the Marine Wildlife Watching Code (by Scottish Natural Heritage).  A display of environmentally friendly boating products provided interest for many skippers and crew alike. 

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