25 Jun 2024
Governments will meet at the United Nations HQ in New York this week to work on the UN Ocean Treaty, for the first time since it opened for signatures in September 2023. The Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction treaty, also commonly known as the BBNJ or High […]
25 Jun 2024
The North Sea herring fishing quota will be reduced by 22.5% in 2025, according to the latest bulletin of CFSE. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has proposed a reduction in the fishing quota for North Sea herring to 412,383 tons in 2025, which is a decrease of 22.5% compared to […]
18 Jun 2024
Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) convened a live online roundtable event which provided the opportunity to debate the potential priorities for the new Government. The UK general election takes place on 4th July and there will be a new Government in 2024, whatever the colour. Panellists highlighted what they would like to see from a new government […]
18 Jun 2024
World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released today. The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) said global […]
18 Jun 2024
The COAST-R Network is part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and DEFRA under their Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas programme and is part of a £14.8M investment in place-based research projects aiming to enhance resilience, wellbeing and sustainability across the UK. Cross-UK project partners Headed by Professor Briony McDonagh at the University of […]
18 Jun 2024
Sweden is set to become the second EU country, following Greece, to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas (MPAs). Sweden has committed to go one step further by banning bottom trawling in all its territorial waters. At a press conference, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his ministers announced the government’s intention to implement this […]
18 Jun 2024
Scottish firms Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine (UK) have partnered to decommission OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform in the Orkney Islands. The project involves removing a steel superstructure and cutting steel piles at European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Fall of Warness test site, where OpenHydro developed tidal turbine technology. Ocean Kinetics is providing divers, […]
18 Jun 2024
The 10 Vision 2030 White Papers, each focussing on a specific Ocean Decade Challenger represent a collaborative effort to develop the science we need for the ocean we want by 2030. Twenty co-chairs and more than 150 experts have worked over a year to assess current user needs, identified priority datasets, and highlight gaps in […]
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