10 Sep 2024
Coordinated action aims to halt decline of marine birds in the North-East Atlantic
OSPAR’s Quality Status Report 2023 showed that marine birds continue to be in trouble due to the effects of climate change and other pressures resulting from human activities such as mortality, habitat loss and degradation. In direct response to this assessment countries from around the North-East Atlantic together with the European Union have adopted an […]
10 Sep 2024
Wrasse and seabream views vital
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging sea anglers and commercial fishers to share their views on the future management of wrasses, black seabream and gilthead bream. Credit: MMO Potential Management Measures MMO is leading development of new Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) for the species in English waters. It has launched a short online survey […]
10 Sep 2024
Scottish Seabird Centre is awarded £249k by The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Marine conservation and education charity, the Scottish Seabird Centre, based in East Lothian, was thrilled to receive a grant of £249,685 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund earlier this year. The funding has been awarded to improve the overall sustainability of the Charity’s operations, develop partnerships with business and to better steward and grow its […]
10 Sep 2024
Newly funded projects to improve climate change understanding announced
The Earth Observation for Marine and Climate Mission (EO4MCM) development programme is part of a wider £15 million government investment announced in 2022. It aims to identify and develop instruments for applications relating to climate change, maritime and net zero, which are suitable for deployment on constellations of small satellites. The EO4MCM projects will be […]
10 Sep 2024
New depth for ocean photosynthesis discovered
New technology built at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) that can measure the smallest trace of light beneath the ocean surface has revealed photosynthesis occurring at greater depths than previously believed. The discovery is part of a new international study recently published in Nature Communications that shows how the photosynthetic potential of phytoplankton […]
03 Sep 2024
Tidal stream and floating wind projects awarded UK government support
The UK government has unveiled the results of Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the contracts for difference (CfD) renewable auction, with six projects across five sites securing contracts to deliver 28 MW of tidal stream capacity. AR6 is the third consecutive round of the auction with a ringfence for tidal stream technology. The projects awarded […]
03 Sep 2024
Government Minister dismisses devolution of The Crown Estate to Wales
A new Crown Estate Bill received its second reading in the UK House of Lords, with the Minister responsible, Lord Livermore, stating that that widening the scope of activities the Crown Estate can engage in will “allow it to further invest in the energy transition” and “will support the delivery of its core purpose across […]
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