The Future Fisheries Alliance’s call for improved at-sea monitoring across vessels fishing in UK waters received a boost last month when Natural England recommended the immediate roll-out Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) to vessels that have the highest impact on our seas. The Alliance is a collaboration between WWF UK, Marine Conservation Society and […]
A new research paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science has been released. Entitled ‘Large-scale historic habitat loss in estuaries and its implications for commercial and recreational fin fisheries’, the paper summarised estuarine habitat use for twelve economically important finfish in the UK, of which seven were found to utilise estuarine habitats. […]
Replacing meat with certain types of sustainably sourced seafood could help people to reduce their carbon footprints without compromising on nutrition, finds an analysis of dozens of marine species that are consumed worldwide. The study, published on 8 September in Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that farmed bivalves — shellfish such as mussels, clams […]
A briefing has been released that summarises the output from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries open Parliamentary hybrid event, 12 July 2022. The meeting brought together a variety of stakeholders to discuss how to better connect the seafood sector with food policy and the UK food supply chain. The document is a synthesis […]