28 Feb 2023
French company TotalEnergies, in partnership with Simply Blue Group, has secured a marine licence for Wales’ first floating wind farm. The 100MW Erebus project is owned by Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group. Located approximately 40km off the Pembrokeshire coastline, the wind farm is planned to have seven 14MW […]
28 Feb 2023
Ocean fisheries experts Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila have been awarded the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, referred to as a “Nobel Prize for the environment,” in recognition of their scientific achievements. Pauly and Sumaila, who are colleagues at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in […]
21 Feb 2023
The emerging tidal power sector seems to have taken another step forward — an Edinburgh-headquartered firm said Monday that its project had achieved a world first by producing 50 gigawatt hours of electricity. “During the early hours of this morning … our tidal stream array off the coast of the Pentland Firth became the first […]
21 Feb 2023
Recognising the ocean as a living being is increasingly important for global sustainability, claim researchers. The United Nations has declared a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development from 2021 to 2030 outlining 10 challenges to be tackled over 10 years with the goal of advancing efforts to reverse the ocean’s decline and improve conditions. The […]
21 Feb 2023
Chris Ranford will be the next Chairman of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations. He was elected recently by the NFFO’s Executive Committee and will take up the Chair later in the year after the Federation’s AGM. His day job is as Chief Executive of the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation, where he succeeded Paul Trebilcock […]
21 Feb 2023
Amazon is funding the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located between offshore wind turbines. The project, North Sea Farm 1, will be located in a wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands, designed to test and improve methods of seaweed farming, while researching the potential of seaweed to sequester carbon. The project is managed […]
21 Feb 2023
Nominations for the ICES Prix d’Excellence award is now open. This award, presented every three years, recognises a scientist who has made substantial contributions to marine science. The award recipient will have contributed to the sustainable use and conservation of marine ecosystems through their research, leadership, and collaboration. Their career exemplifies innovation, teamwork, mentoring, and communication. The Prix d Excellence is presented […]
21 Feb 2023
Twenty multinational projects will receive over €117 million to contribute to the objectives of the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and waters’: protect and restore biodiversity, cut pollution, support a sustainable blue economy. The projects gather 297 partners from 39 countries, including most of the EU Member States. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and […]
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