Super trawlers are proving to be a rather elusive management issue. There are no lack of concerns about their impact as the latest campaign from the world cetacean alliance highlights concerns over the dolphin bycatch. These two recent Parliamentary Questions and answers don’t really get to the heart of the matter. APPG & Hansard 1.Virginia […]
Will this be a ‘Marine Super Year?’ Back in January the Government declared that they would use the UK’s COP presidency to make 2021 a ‘Marine Super Year’. Four months on, and it could be argued that this honorific has already been achieved – albeit not quite in the way the Government intended. The popularity […]
The transcript of the debate on the Fisheries Bill proceedings last week Interesting Q&A on access super-trawlers, discards, choke species, recreational angling and amendments. George Eustice giving the Governments view 2nd Reading of the Fisheries Bill – Defra press coverage
Rebecca Pow has now made two speeches on the Government’s intentions in the marine environment, the first at Coastal Future 2020 and last week at a Greenpeace launch of an animated film. It is ironic that Greenpeace have recently been included on Police anti-terrorist list discovered by the Guardian. In describing 2020 as ‘marine super […]
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow announces plans for new protections for seabirds in a keynote speech at the 2020 Coastal Futures conference. The UK has one of the richest marine environments of any coastal state in Europe and, owing to its island nature, also has incredibly diverse coastlines. Globally we are leading ocean policy. Our 25 Year […]
The Super-trawler in the English Channel and the developing commentaries (see below) and illustrations have been a stark reminder to a much wider audience about the scale of modern industrial fishing. This note highlights: The sheer size of these super trawlers that simply dwarf any ‘traditional’ trawler. The legality of the quota allocation via the […]