A motion from the Scottish Conservatives calling on the Scottish Government to “reconsider” its Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMA) proposals has failed to garner majority support. Three members of the governing SNP party rebelled in a debate over the Scottish Government’s controversial proposals for HPMAs, held on 3rd May. The commitment to introducing HPMAs, in which […]
A UK Parliament ‘Westminster Hall’ debate has been scheduled for 3.30pm on Tuesday 2 May on Marine Protected Areas. The debate will be opened by Chris Grayling MP. Back in March 2022, the MP for Epsom and Ewell introduced a Ten Minute Rule Motion entitled ‘Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling)’. At that time, Chris Grayling, […]
Processing businesses encouraged to participate in survey which supports data collection and analysis for industry and government. Seafish, a UK public body supporting the seafood sector, have launched their annual processing survey. The processing survey consists of a five-minute call and short follow-up email. It collects data which helps government understand how businesses and communities […]
The world’s largest multi-use electricity power line will be built under the North Sea. The new LionLink will connect the UK and the Netherlands with offshore wind farms, the UK and Dutch governments have announced. The cross-border electricity line will be only the second of its kind in the world, with the first […]
Anglian Water pleaded guilty and was hit with a fine of £2.65m after allowing untreated sewage to overflow into the North Sea following a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency (EA). A catalogue of failures by the company to manage and monitor effluent at the Jaywick Water Recycling Centre in Essex led to sewage being […]
The High Court granted Greenpeace permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to launch a new licensing oil and gas round, with fossil fuel companies submitting more than 100 licences to explore for new oil and gas. The judge has granted permission to Greenpeace for a full Judicial Review of the […]
A global alliance of scientists and explorers has begun a race against time to find at least 100,000 new marine species in the next decade before overfishing and global warming drive entire populations to extinction. The initiative, called Ocean Census, is spearheaded by The Nippon Foundation and UK marine research institute, Nekton, Euronews has reported. […]
Lincolnshire Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve – will be declared by Natural England this summer. The government agency will create a King’s Series of National Nature Reserves to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The plans will see the creation of five major National Nature Reserves named every year for the next five […]