This newsletter provides a good overview of Government’s fishing programmes and their interaction with other marine programmes. To read the newsletter click here Contents include: Regional fisheries management The reformed Common Fisheries policy establishes a regional approach to fisheries management. This is first being used to develop regional discard plans to support the implementation of […]
In 1998 Daniel Pauly and co-workers published a paper in Science describing the concept of fishing down the food chain using FAO landings data. Recent and forthcoming publication of papers using ICES landings data demonstrate that fishing down the food chain in UK waters is now a reality and that its impacts are wide ranging […]
On the final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit Dutch Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma has called for action to restore the health of the world’s oceans. “It takes courage to see beyond borders and act together to achieve healthier oceans and food security. Action is required, and this is the message I gave […]
The Defra Secretary of State must prepare a report about the conduct and operation of IFCAs every four years, starting from the date when IFCAs were first established in 2010. The report must be laid before Parliament. Defra has, today, started a process to collect evidence that will help us write the first report. We […]