Ferret Underground: Marine protection and Ferret AGM

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This week, The Ferret launched 'Scotland's Seas in Danger', our new series on the state of Scotland's marine environment.

Our seas are under threat from climate change, pollution, industrial fishing practices and other human activity. So far, we've published five stories highlighting the current state-of-play, and you can read them below.

In other Ferret news, we've just announced that our AGM will take place in Glasgow on 9 March. You can sign up and participate in the event, either in-person or virtually, by following this link.

As well as reflecting on the past year, and looking to the future, we will elect our new board of directors. If you're a Ferret member and interested in becoming a director, there's more information at the link above. A full briefing on directors' duties and responsibilities is here.

Hundreds of environmental campaigners in the UK – including marine conservationists in Scotland – have received legal threats, prompting claims that private companies and the state are increasingly trying to silence critics with huge legal bills.

In Scotland, fish farm companies have been asking courts to stop campaigners approaching their sites and flying drones overhead, and oil giant Shell is seeking damages from Greenpeace of around £790,000 after a protest by a Scots activist.

The Ferret can also reveal that 540 Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain supporters have been named on injunctions to prevent disruptive civil resistance. Another 114 have been imprisoned with their collective jail sentences amounting to 15 years, Just Stop Oil said.