I’m carrying out research at Cardiff University into the influence the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide (GFG) may or may not have on consumer decision making when buying seafood. As efforts to increase provision of sustainable seafood continue, this study will help us to understand your experiences of shopping for and consuming seafood […]
The MCS Good Fish Guide uses a traffic light system to illustrate the sustainability of seafood available in the UK. Species are assessed based on a number of factors, including where they were caught or farmed and the fishing method. The latest edition has added trawl-caught cuttlefish from the English Channel onto the list of […]
Greener UK – The House of Lords A ‘frame without a picture’: Peers scrutinise the Fisheries Bill Parliamentarians took their first opportunity to scrutinise the new version of the Fisheries Bill during the Lords second reading debate on 11 February. While most speakers agreed with our assessment that the bill offers much more than the […]
MCS ‘The new UK Fisheries Bill: learning from past mistakes or set to repeat them? MCS Fisheries Policy Expert, Debbie Crockard, looks at the new Fisheries Bill and its potential to help end overfishing in UK waters. The thing about good legislation is that it is only as good as its implementation. A case in […]
Sperm whale washes up with 100Kg of litter in its stomach The results are in for this year’s Great British Beach Clean Thanks to you, almost 11 tonnes of litter was cleared from the UK’s coastline in just one weekend! MCS ‘Great British Beach Clean’ data over the last 26 years has been instrumental in […]
A new paper from jean Luc Solandt and co-workers Managing marine protected areas in Europe: moving from ‘feature-based’ to ‘whole-site’ management of sites JLS, MCS ‘Defra has just announced that the effective ‘Fisheries Management in MPAs’ Implementation Group (that emerged from the ‘Revised Approach’) is to be stopped, and replaced with ‘bilateral meetings’. This lessens […]
Where did all the cod go? Fishing crisis in the North Sea’ The article highlights the increasing importance of the Marine Stewardship Council and Marine Conservation Society on their assessments of sustainability Oceana: ‘The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has announced today the collapse of the North Sea cod population, and has recommended […]
MCS and environmental lawyers, ClientEarth, are challenging an unlawful misuse of Brexit powers, relating to the EU Withdrawal Act. MCS: ‘The two environmental groups, working with Leigh Day Solicitors, have today launched a High Court challenge to the UK government’s Brexit laws, over sweeping new powers that they say may weaken protection for seas and […]