01 Jun 2021
Billed as a discussion with Dr. Sylvia Earle and the co-directors of Seaspiracy, “Going Deep with Seaspiracy” was hosted as part of Earle’s Mission Blue’s Blue Hope series; the recording is available here. Perhaps a mild health warning is needed before viewing. Whilst many valid issues are raised and strong points made, overall it is a disappointingly disjointed […]
01 Jun 2021
A new study from McGill University suggests that while some Icelandic Orcas have very high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their blubber, others from the same population have levels of PCBs that are much lower, with a 300-fold difference between the levels of PCBs among the most contaminated Orcas compared to the least contaminated […]
25 May 2021
Defra ‘In a speech delivered at Forestry England’s Delamere Forest, Environment Secretary George Eustice announced new measures to tackle climate change and the biodiversity crisis and deliver our net zero commitment. The Minister announced new action plans on trees and peatlands, as well as plans to boost biodiversity through a new species reintroduction task force and amendments […]
25 May 2021
Is Fly Shooting the new Electric Pulse? Jerry Percy: ‘NUTFA has been receiving reports of the increasing number of fly shooters operating initially in the eastern Channel but now fishing as far as western waters for a couple of years now. From initial reports of relatively small numbers of these vessels taking significant quantities of […]
25 May 2021
Seafish ‘SCOTTISH SEINE (Fly dragging, fly shooting) Scottish seine is a very skilful operation requiring extensive knowledge in locating fish within the grounds, accurate rigging of the gear, and consideration of tidal streams in relation to the gear throughout the shooting, towing and hauling operation. Fig 1.2 Scottish seining. The modern seine net vessel can […]
25 May 2021
Blue carbon habitats have the potential to make significant contributions to Northern Ireland’s climate change targets, but the extent of this contribution is still unknown. Ulster Wildlife commissioned the Blue Carbon Habitat Restoration Feasibility Study to investigate where the current extent of coastal blue carbon habitats including seagrass meadows, kelp forests, saltmarsh, and shellfish beds are located, […]
25 May 2021
Ali Hood Shark Trust: ‘Action Plan for Animal Welfare launched: opportunities for marine species. In a first of its kind, the Government published an action plan for animal welfare. Included in the plan were specific actions for elasmobranchs: ‘Defra signals intent to tighten domestic shark conservation legislation, building on existing fins-naturally-attached requirements by proposing a ban […]
25 May 2021
Anyone working on plastic pollution should start the day looking at these graphs of the projected growth in plastic production … here is the link to those graphs . We need measures that really reduce the scale of pointless plastic items. Greenpeace Video ‘The UK government wants to be seen as a leader in tackling […]
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