A new review by marine experts has revealed the locations, primary sources of funding and beneficiaries of large-scale marine and coastal restoration efforts taking place around the world. The report, Endangered Seascapes: Progress, needs and opportunities for seascape restoration focuses on large, “seascape”-scale projects, recognising the importance of integrated approaches to the use and conservation of coastal […]
2022 saw fish prices trend upward but profits decline in another challenging year for the UK fishing fleet Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has released financial estimates which offer an insight into the difficulties faced by the nation’s fishing industry last year. When comparing data with the two previous years, […]
Fish that live on or near the seafloor -known as demersal or groundfish- barely feel the impact of marine heatwaves, according to new research that highlights the need to keep seas from warming further. In a new paper published in Nature, an international team of researchers assessed the impacts, on groundfish, of 248 sea-bottom marine heatwaves, defined as periods […]
Offshore construction has officially started at RWE’s 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, to install essential subsea cable infrastructure from the UK’s north east coast to the wind farm site on Dogger Bank, in the central North Sea. Cable contractor Prysmian’s high-tech Leonardo da Vinci vessel will lay the first section of high voltage direct current […]
A £29m project to manage the risk of flooding to people and major industry in north-east Lincolnshire is now underway. The Environment Agency scheme will see improvements made to 4.5 kilometres of coastal defences along part of the Humber estuary’s south bank. The defences will benefit 2,300 properties, nationally important infrastructure, vital industry, and areas […]
The UK will stand among the first countries to contribute to the newly launched Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, Defra has announced. Previously funded work included providing new software to support rangers in Africa to track and protect animals from poachers, targeted finance towards more effective ocean management strategies in Asia, and helping to safeguard the […]
The Seaside Heritage Network (SHN) is running a public vote for its first annual Bucket and Spade List – a top 10 of the UK’s best seaside places and experiences – which includes staples such as Blackpool Tower and Bournemouth’s beach huts, as well as the Victorian-era Kursaal in Southend, one of the world’s first amusement parks, the Observer […]
A DNA sampling project seeking to gather information on eel numbers in the Somerset Levels has found the fish absent from large parts of the area, with man-made barriers likely to be a large part of the problem, ENDSreport wrote. Eel experts say they are shocked to find no evidence of the animal in the […]