随着扇贝挖掘船对海底的破坏，鱼类和贝类种群数量迅速下降，但当地活动家和小型渔民们奋力保护他们的海岸线。
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline Inside a bothy overlooking the Summer Isles, in the north-west of Scotland, the lilting tones of a traditional Gaelic duo fill a room full of musicians, storytellers, artists, local people and revellers, hung with fish-shaped lanterns and “Happy Birthday” signs.
在苏格兰西北部、俯瞰夏季群岛的一个小屋里，传统盖尔语二重唱的悠扬旋律充满了这个房间——这里聚集了音乐家、讲故事的人、艺术家和欢庆的人们，房间里挂满了鱼形灯笼和“生日快乐”的标语。这并非一个普通的生日庆祝活动。
It’s no ordinary birthday.
在这个位于乌拉普尔以北的一系列沿海小村庄和渔村中的阿奇尔蒂布伊，人们在风夜齐聚一堂，庆祝社区历史上的一个重要里程碑：他们经过艰苦斗争，成功保护了自己的水域免受扇贝挖掘的破坏。
The people in the small cabin have come together, on a windy night in Achiltibuie, a string of coastal hamlets and villages north of Ullapool, to celebrate an important milestone in the community’s history: a hard-won battle to protect their waters from the ravages of scallop dredging.