10 May 2022
UN-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, and OCEANIX have unveiled the design of the world’s first prototype sustainable floating city. OCEANIX Busan aims to provide breakthrough technology for coastal cities facing severe land shortages that are compounded by climatic threats. The challenge is massive: two out of every five people in […]
10 May 2022
Information on the EU’s Ocean Literacy Summit: Ocean Literacy EU4Ocean Summit On 19 May, you are welcome to join us at the EU4ocean booth and exhibition space, where many interactive activities will be organised by the coalition’s members. On 20 May, during the European Maritime Day (EMD), the hybrid Ocean Literacy EU4Ocean Summit will showcase and award the most […]
10 May 2022
The UK’s first e-marine hub of shore-side charging facilities for electric maritime vessels has been unveiled in Plymouth. A series of high power DC electric charging stations has been switched on in prominent locations along the perimeter of the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. This includes the world’s first 150kW charging facility at Mount Batten, […]
10 May 2022
The Scottish Association for Marine Science celebrated further seaweed success at this year’s Aquaculture Awards after the co-ordinator of the newly launched Seaweed Academy picked up one of the top awards. Rhianna Rees was jointly awarded the Rising Star award at the ceremony in Aviemore alongside Andre Van of Kames Fish Farm. The award comes a week after […]
10 May 2022
£1 million export package launched to promote UK seafood overseas / UK Seafood Fund funding opportunities closing soon The UK Government announced on 7 May a £1 million package to boost seafood exports and promote the industry’s high-quality produce overseas. Global exports of UK seafood amounted to over £1.6 billion in 2021 and this investment […]
03 May 2022
The European Commission has published a report on the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, which sets the obligation for the 22 coastal Member States to establish maritime spatial plans by 31 March 2021 at the latest. While the majority of the coastal Member States now have a maritime spatial plan in place, eight countries […]
03 May 2022
The Crown Estate has completed its work on the Plan-Level Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. In 2021, The Crown Estate announced that it had selected six proposed new offshore wind projects in the waters around England and Wales through Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. The Crown Estate has now completed […]
03 May 2022
What role can Europe’s land and marine habitats play in carbon storage and sequestration? – European Environment Agency briefing In theory, well-functioning and healthy habitats can uptake and store large amounts of carbon and contribute to help Europe mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, as the EEA briefing ‘Carbon […]
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