The election and Grenfell have changed the mood. First it was Corbyn’s plan to renationalise water, then his relative success at the election, then another monster fine for Thames for failed leakage targets, the scandal of Australian investment bank Macquarie’s exploitation, and then Grenfell where profit lead deregulation was and will be fully exposed […]
Beware the press and I’ve been caught like this before but the scale of response from many different sources suggests this may be the case. Michael Gove could use Brexit to shelve key plan to protect the environment, critics fear Officials tell The Independent they cannot guarantee strategy will be published this year, following delays. Green […]
Freedom-of-information data reveals threat of drought that would devastate wildlife, with government slow to act on water management. WWF & Guardian A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data obtained by WWF under freedom of information rules. Fish are most obviously affected when rivers slow […]
Business Green on the Queen’s Speech The assertion of support for the Paris Agreement was welcome, the paucity of the government’s wider green programme was anything but First, the good news. The Queen’s unequivocal assertion that her government “will continue to support international action against climate change, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement” is hugely […]
CaBA ‘We know that building partnerships can be a real struggle, that’s why we’ve created an interactive guide to point you in the right direction of where to start. From partnership building to catchment planning, this app will guide you through the catchment management process step by step.’ Take a look here.
Bar Council – Brexit Papers from Daniel Owen You might be interested in this initiative by the Bar Council: their ‘Brexit Papers’. A Third Edition was released on 23 June: http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/publications/2017/2017/june/the-brexit-papers-third-edition/ I’ve written a paper for them on fisheries: it’s number 23 in the list. It takes into account the Queen’s Speech on 21 June. […]
The PDF of the Queen’s speech puts a very little flesh on the bones of the Government’s Brexit plans. No mention of the London Convention in the fisheries section (page 22). At least fisheries is not bodged in with Agriculture. No mention of Environment in the Great Repeal Bill section (page 17) nor the 25 year nature […]
The economic arguments for a better allocation for creel fishermen with white fish and environmental benefits Creeling and trawling for Nephrops are not simply alternative methods of harvesting Nephrops in inshore waters. Economically, they are quite separate activities which deliver fundamentally different economic outcomes. What they have in common is that, in Scotland’s inshore waters, […]