This supplementary planning document sets out the standards required to meet the visions, objectives and policies of the Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Local Plans as sustainably as possible. It comes at a critical time in the approach to climate change and the environmental crisis by both local and national government, and after Parliament revised the […]

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Yorkshire Water has become the first UK water company to join the 1000 Rivers eDNA project, a new and exciting non-profit citizen science project led by NatureMetrics in collaboration with the University of Hull and other partners. The project encourages everyone, from companies to scientists, to use groundbreaking environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring provided by NatureMetrics […]

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Access to UK Fishing waters: What’s the deal? 12 February 2020 The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from academics and fishing industry representatives  on how changes in access to UK fishing waters will affect the industry. Parliament TV: Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee Witnesses Wednesday 12 February 2020, Committee […]

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Stockholm Resilience Centre:  ‘Story highlights Researchers synthesized 50-years of data from shipping, drilling, deep-sea mining, aquaculture, bioprospecting and much more The largest ocean industry is the oil and gas sector There is a high degree of consolidation relating the seafood industry, oil and gas exploitation and bioprospecting with just a small handful of multinational companies […]

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Optimisation modelling in the Nephrops fleet: policy brief Scottish Government  January 16th 2020    Economic research providing a valuable addition to the evidence base of Scotland’s Nephrops fishery to help inform discussions on the future of fisheries management. Introduction   The Nephrops[1] fishery was the second most valuable for Scottish vessels in 2018, after mackerel. The Scottish fleet landed […]

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Assessing the importance of Isle of Man waters for the basking shark Haley R. Dolton, Fiona R. Gell, Jackie Hall, Graham Hall, Lucy A. Hawkes, Matthew J. Witt Endangered Species Research Abstract: ‘Satellite tracking of endangered or threatened animals can facilitate informed conservation by revealing priority areas for their protection. Basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus (n […]

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