20 Oct 2020
How the UK will uphold environmental standards from 1 January 2021. These include standards in waste, air quality, water, and protection of habitats and species. Defra What will stay the same The UK government is committed to maintaining environmental standards and international obligations from 1 January 2021. The UK will continue its aim set out […]
20 Oct 2020
Package of consultations launched seeking views on opportunities for the fishing industry New proposals seek to ensure more catch is landed in the UK. The government is seeking views on new measures to boost our fishing industry, including how to fairly distribute the new opportunities from leaving the Common Fisheries Policy, and increase the economic […]
20 Oct 2020
Defra seeks views on expanding use of monitoring technology on fishing boats Government to examine roll out of Remote Electronic Monitoring on fishing vessels. Today (Monday 19 October) the Government has opened a call for evidence to examine whether monitoring technology could be used more widely on fishing boats operating in English waters to help support the […]
20 Oct 2020
Keith Hiscock comments. Attention to has been drawn to the issue of trawlers bringing up boulders from the seabed by the recent Greenpeace campaign on the Dogger Bank. Many trawlermen are not surprised – if nevertheless annoyed – to pick-up boulders in their nets. They may have fallen-out of a glacier or melting iceberg (‘glacial […]
13 Oct 2020
Statement factcheck Channel 4 News Guardian ‘Boris Johnson will promise to power every home in the UK with offshore wind energy within a decade, pledging to make the coronavirus pandemic a catalyst for green growth. In a speech to the virtual Conservative party conference on Tuesday, he will say that the government will invest in […]
13 Oct 2020
Jean Luc Solandt ‘MCS, Blue MF, WWF Netherlands and North Sea Foundation have all put our heads together and launched a significant report that was sent to Commission showing that illegal fishing in Dogger has to be stopped on a legal & ecological basis. We’ve done an Appropriate Assessment on this, and I was instrumental […]
13 Oct 2020
MCS Clara Johnstone … ‘However, it seems this opportunity is being wasted. When reading the latest version of the new Fisheries Bill I got an awful sense of déjà vu. Whilst many of the objectives relating to sustainability look good on paper, they mostly follow the same tone and offer the same commitments we have […]
13 Oct 2020
Guardian – Greenpeace ‘More than 97% of British marine protected areas, created to safeguard ocean habitats, are being dredged and bottom trawled, according to data shared with the Guardian. Nearly a quarter of the UK’s territorial waters are covered by MPAs, set up to protect vital ecosystems and species, including harbour porpoises and dolphins. This […]
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