12 May 2020
I’m carrying out research at Cardiff University into the influence the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide (GFG) may or may not have on consumer decision making when buying seafood. As efforts to increase provision of sustainable seafood continue, this study will help us to understand your experiences of shopping for and consuming seafood […]
06 May 2020
05 May 2020
Uncovering the EU member states most responsible for setting fishing quotas above scientific advice Griffin Carpenter New Economics Foundation Fisheries ministers are risking the sustainability of fish stocks by consistently setting fishing limits above scientific advice. This is our sixth and final year running a series of briefings to identify which Member States are standing […]
05 May 2020
New £1 million grant scheme opened today to increase supply of local seafood From the sea to the door: New grant scheme to support seafood businesses in England to sell catches New £1 million grant scheme opened today to increase supply of local seafood Seafood businesses can bid for funds for assets and infrastructure to […]
05 May 2020
IMarEST ‘The three-year Horizon 2020 funded WaveBoost project has drawn to a close with what its research team call “a step change improvement achieved to the reliability and performance of wave energy technology”. Watch the video Led by CorPower Ocean, the WaveBoost consortium designed and developed an advanced power take off (PTO) system allowing wave […]
05 May 2020
Abstract ‘Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically been lacking. As efforts to address the substantial and diverse challenges facing marine and coastal environments continue, recent years have seen a growing […]
05 May 2020
This document is aimed at marine plan users (applicants and decision makers), it takes a hypothetical example, from the development of a proposal, through a marine licence application, to a licensing decision. It complements and illustrates the guidance provided in the marine plan documents, using the South Marine Plan as its appropriate marine policy document. […]
05 May 2020
Microplastics hot spots found in greater quantities than ever before on seabed Currents act as conveyor belts that concentrate microplastics in hotspots, study suggests Dr Ian Kane, of the University of Manchester, was lead author of the study published in the journal Science. Guardian ‘Scientists have discovered microplastics in greater quantities than ever before on the seabed, and […]
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