10 Aug 2021
Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts project is a largely Interreg funded project with two arms – one in Devon (the Lower Otter Restoration Project) and the other in Normandy (the Saane Valley project). The two schemes are working to restore river estuaries that have, over time, been changed in order to reclaim land. The land […]
03 Aug 2021
The UK’s goal of tackling the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 is “too far away”, the prime minister’s climate change spokesperson has said. Allegra Stratton, Boris Johnson’s former press secretary, said the “science is clear” that the UK must change its carbon emission output “right now”. Click here Speaking […]
03 Aug 2021
Orbital O2 is the latest tidal turbine to be deployed in the waters around Orkney. The turbine’s superstructure which is 74m long, floats on the surface of the water, with rotors attached to its legs which extract energy from the passing tidal flow. It has been deployed in the Fall of Warness held on station in […]
03 Aug 2021
Results from camera tagging of six basking sharks in the Sea of Hebrides has provided 123 hours of video data revealing more about the behaviour of the sharks including filming the first complete breaching event and the first sub-surface possible courtship display, with nose-to-tail chasing, parallel swimming as well as the first observation of grouping […]
03 Aug 2021
There have long been issues of trust between the fisheries sector and institutions charged with fisheries management, not helped by the more recent repercussions of Brexit. This paper gives some insights into the issue, summarising the results of a survey to examine levels of trust as well as fishers’ opinions of current management goals and […]
03 Aug 2021
Despite the development of large scale and much advertised attempts to clear plastic from the ocean, a much more efficient method is to catch it before it even gets that far. The Dutch startup The Great Bubble Barrier is a simple, yet effective method to catch plastic pollution in rivers before it flows to the […]
03 Aug 2021
Ten ‘eco-moorings’ have been installed in Studland Bay providing a facility for recreational boaters at the same time as protecting areas of seagrass in the bay. The new moorings use a helical screw anchor which is driven into the seabed and attached to the mooring buoy via an elastic band. Its flexibility means it does […]
27 Jul 2021
National Food Strategy Published: Independent Report – Henry Dimbleby Click here to access information https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/the-report/ Marcus Coleman SeaFish CEO says that NFS should have had more focus on fish. He is calling for UK food system decisions to better acknowledge the positive contribution of seafood, following the release of the National Food Strategy. Process from […]
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