French fishermen fined £84k for fishing in Jersey waters Two French fishermen were fined £84,000 in Jersey’s Royal Court today, after pleading guilty to beam trawling in Jersey waters. The men were on the trawler, ‘Louis Pauline’, in June 2015 before being caught by Fishery Officers within the Jersey Territorial Sea. Data showed that the […]

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Links to recent JNCC reports relating to the marine environment – from John Henson Webb Our most recent publications are the abrasion and extraction JNCC Pressure Mapping Methodology reports: Report 515 Physical Damage (Reversible Change) – Penetration and/or disturbance of the substrate below the surface of the seabed, including abrasion (2016) Church, N.J., Carter, A.J., […]

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Chair speaks to the BBC MPs today criticised the Government for missing opportunities to act on its report on improving flood protection for communities at risk across England. The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s future flood prevention report published in November 2016 recommended action to tackle fragmented, inefficient and ineffective flood management. MPs were disappointed with […]

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A good day to publish bad news … what better? Slip it out after the Prime Ministers Brexit speech … except then you generate publicity for all the wrong reasons ‘appalling media handling’ (PRweek), ‘Government’s sly subterfuge’ (The Independent), and then have to react to defend the media release! Huge reaction which highlights this Government’s […]

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EU European Environment Agency report argues more flexible climate adaptation strategies and policies are urgently needed Climate change-related extreme weather events accounted for almost €400bn of economic losses across 33 European countries over the past several decades and were responsible for more than 140 million deaths, a new EU agency report today reveals. The impacts of these […]

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Business Green – Michael Holder  Government advisory body says 25 Year Environment Plan should be legally binding and consistent with Climate Change Committee recommendations Defra must rapidly progress work to draft a legally-binding 25 Year Environment Plan if there are to be demonstrable improvements in England’s natural capital before 2020, an independent government advisory body […]

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