03 Mar 2020
Greener UK – The House of Lords A ‘frame without a picture’: Peers scrutinise the Fisheries Bill Parliamentarians took their first opportunity to scrutinise the new version of the Fisheries Bill during the Lords second reading debate on 11 February. While most speakers agreed with our assessment that the bill offers much more than the […]
03 Mar 2020
Coastal Challenge Summit Report 2019 8th October 2019, Southampton Solent Conference Centre Introduction On 8th October 2019, 62 delegates gathered in Southampton for the second Coastal Challenge Summit, themed around climate change and coastal policy. The aim of the annual Coastal Challenge Summit is to bring together coastal communities from around the UK and the […]
03 Mar 2020
Royal Society Climate Change Issue – with lots of marine examples Climate change mitigation and nature conservation both require higher protected area targets Callum M. Roberts, Bethan C. O’Leary and Julie P. Hawkins Published: 27 January 2020 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0121 Abstract Nations of the world have, to date, pursued nature protection and climate change mitigation and adaptation […]
03 Mar 2020
Registrations and records submitted though the MMO’s electronic catch recording app continue to increase MMO ‘The Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO) new digital catch recording app now has more than 1300 registered users in the Under 10 metre fishing fleet. The new digital catch recording app, developed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), with involvement from […]
03 Mar 2020
In what was a meat and drink rendition of the work of COAST on Arran and the benefits of MPAs – the Guardian’s reporter managed to get a remarkable quote from a Defra spokesperson … Guardian A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs blamed the EU for the failures in marine conservation. “Currently […]
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 […]
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