This seems like a deliberate attempt to explain some of the less obvious ways of dealing with flooding … Andy Croxford, 20 October 2015 Environment Agency Flooding can occur from many different sources. We saw this in winter 2013-2014 when the storm surge caused flooding on the east coast, there was widespread river flooding across […]
Now Available Routledge Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management Edited by Hance D. Smith, Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero and Tundi S. Agardy This comprehensive new handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the […]
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) are transforming the face of inshore fisheries and conservation management. AIFCAs Since their inception in 2011, the IFCAs have demonstrated a “can do” attitude and sought to deliver value for money by managing stakeholder led decisions to support local communities. At the same time the IFCAs are working towards […]
Fishing Focus Issue 38 Although this issue is dominated by fuller explanations of the Demersal landings obligation there are also updates from Defra on: Bass fishing Marine Licensing Inshore fishing activities Fisheries management in MPAs Implications of climate change The MMO Marine Information system To read this go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fishing-focus-issue-38-autumn-2015?cm_mid=5109943&cm_crmid=00abff55-f721-e311-a13d-00155d00012f&cm_medium=email
Cosmetics Europe calls for much needed phase out of microplastics Click here to read more Marine Conservation Society ‘Environmental NGOs welcome the call from Cosmetics Europe to its 4,000 members to phase out the use of damaging microplastics in wash-off cosmetic and personal care products. These tiny plastic particles are found in face scrubs, shampoos, shower gels […]
COAST ‘It is not hard to see the benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – for the marine environment itself, and also for all of us who depend on it for food, leisure and jobs – so it was disappointing when leaders of the mobile fishing lobby launched a well-funded campaign against the Scottish Government’s […]
Sign up for this useful twice yearly newsletter at www.marine-ecosystems.org.uk You can also contact the editor Kelly-Marie Davidson kdav@pml.ac.uk at PML Some of the articles include: Density dependence of seabirds 15 October 2015 By MERP scientists Dr Kate Searle Managing the effects of environmental change and… What’s new in ‘Linking macroecology and models to ecosystem […]
The gestation of this paper and two others has been rather controversial – no doubt the full story will emerge in time – but it is, never the less, being seen both in the UK and in Brussels as a significant contribution to our understanding of the effects of climate change on good environmental status […]