23 Feb 2021
Guardian: Queen’s property manager banks huge windfarm bonanza The Treasury are in line for a multibillion-pound bonanza from renewable energy, after a major auction of seabed plots for windfarms off the coasts of England and Wales attracted runaway bids. The Crown Estate, which manages the monarch’s property portfolio, holds exclusive rights to lease the seabed […]
23 Feb 2021
Fisheries Act & Brexit – Join the APPG Webinar – with George Eustice on Thursday February 25th – click here to join the webinar World Fishing ‘For much of the UK’s fishing industry and for seafood buyers in Europe, the final act of Britain’s departure from the European Union has been a rough landing. As […]
23 Feb 2021
Action urged to prevent fishing gear deaths of porpoises, dolphins and whales ITV ‘More than a thousand porpoises, dolphins and whales die in fishing gear in UK waters each year, conservationists warned, as they called for action to end the “largely unseen suffering”. Campaigners are calling for the UK and devolved governments to meet their […]
23 Feb 2021
Politico ‘Tough new British rules against damaging fishing practices are putting pressure on the EU British Brexit backers have long argued quitting the EU could make the U.K. greener — now there’s some evidence to back that up. It comes from a British move to strengthen environmental rules at sea, something that could force the EU to […]
23 Feb 2021
Last week I was made aware by Jacqui McGlade of a UN Meeting convened by the Global Partnership on marine litter and plastics. The recordings on the webinar on this link is an informative update on this issue with an international flavour. Live Stream on: Marine Litter and Micro-plastic Mitigation and Prevention – 12 speakers […]
23 Feb 2021
Defra update their websites systematically on particular subjects and the first link here is link to the entire collection of details on the various English coastal paths. Another variant on this theme is to re-publish older reports and there are a swarm of study reports from the 2000’s appearing on flood and coastal defence themes. […]
16 Feb 2021
The first few plenary sessions of the negotiations for a UK/EU fisheries agreement for 2021 have provided a glimpse into the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The primary task in the annual negotiations is to set total allowable catches for shared stocks. As this is the first set of annual fisheries negotiations in which […]
16 Feb 2021
There are 48 MPAs in the Northern Ireland inshore region that cover 38% of the area. The latest assessments for both the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Habitats Directive have identified that overall, the benthic habitats are not reaching the required status, and that the main pressure is from physical damage of the seabed from […]
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