25 Feb 2020
Access to UK Fishing waters: What’s the deal? 12 February 2020 The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from academics and fishing industry representatives on how changes in access to UK fishing waters will affect the industry. Parliament TV: Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee Witnesses Wednesday 12 February 2020, Committee […]
25 Feb 2020
Stockholm Resilience Centre: ‘Story highlights Researchers synthesized 50-years of data from shipping, drilling, deep-sea mining, aquaculture, bioprospecting and much more The largest ocean industry is the oil and gas sector There is a high degree of consolidation relating the seafood industry, oil and gas exploitation and bioprospecting with just a small handful of multinational companies […]
25 Feb 2020
Welcome This is the fourteenth edition of our newsletter, which will keep you up to date on the latest developments as we implement the first Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP). We published and adopted the WNMP on 12 November 2019. As we implement the plan with decision makers we want to hear your views so please get in […]
25 Feb 2020
Interesting Quayside anchored wave energy device – watch the video – many attractive features ‘Another wave energy device is the Seahorse system [25]. The Port of Pecem, Brazil, began the commissioning of a wave power plant with an installed power of 50 kW in June 2012. The initiative promoted by the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute […]
25 Feb 2020
Optimisation modelling in the Nephrops fleet: policy brief Scottish Government January 16th 2020 Economic research providing a valuable addition to the evidence base of Scotland’s Nephrops fishery to help inform discussions on the future of fisheries management. Introduction The Nephrops[1] fishery was the second most valuable for Scottish vessels in 2018, after mackerel. The Scottish fleet landed […]
25 Feb 2020
Assessing the importance of Isle of Man waters for the basking shark Haley R. Dolton, Fiona R. Gell, Jackie Hall, Graham Hall, Lucy A. Hawkes, Matthew J. Witt Endangered Species Research Abstract: ‘Satellite tracking of endangered or threatened animals can facilitate informed conservation by revealing priority areas for their protection. Basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus (n […]
18 Feb 2020
Edie Net: ‘From fruit farmer to Environment Secretary: George Eustice to spearhead Defra George Eustice has become the seventh Environment Secretary since 2010, after replacing Theresa Villiers who was sacked as part of Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle today (13 February). Before departing in February, Eustice had been in Defra since October 2013 Eustice, the MP […]
18 Feb 2020
Guardian ‘PM must prioritise climate or Cop26 will fail, say leading figures IEA welcomes appointment of Alok Sharma but others worry about nature of his dual role Boris Johnson must put the climate crisis at the top of his government’s agenda if crunch UN talks this year are to be a success, leading international figures have […]
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