The marine consultancy ABPmer has developed a series of scenarios to better understand and communicate issues surrounding future spatial pressures on fisheries. The consultancy was contracted by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF). The NFFO press release states that ‘the report was produced among mounting concerns within the fishing […]
Sea-Changers 2022 Innovation Fund is now open for applications and will remain open until 18th September 2022. The fund’s focus is on supporting new and experimental solutions to marine conservation challenges. This includes innovation in areas such as: Addressing the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK. Preventing or […]
A new paper – entitled Offshore wind farms contribute to epibenthic biodiversity in the North Sea – has been published in the Journal of Sea Research and has received media coverage. According to the lead author, marine ecologist Dr Remment ter Hofstede, and his colleagues, “the North Sea was once abundantly covered with hard substrates […]
A new CEBR report, commissioned by Maritime UK, reveals £116bn economic impact of UK maritime, more than rail and aviation combined. Industry supported 1,064,000 jobs in 2019, 45% more productive than the UK average, and well paid, with average remuneration 30% higher than the UK benchmark. The UK’s industry grew by 35% between 2010-19 and […]
A new initiative launched in the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, will support Commonwealth ocean states in cultivating and scaling-up projects that protect the marine environment while also tackling climate change. With 47 out of 54 Commonwealth countries bordering the sea – including 25 small island developing states or […]
In response to the alarming decline of global shark populations, a group of countries from around the world have today announced a groundbreaking effort to control the unsustainable global trade in shark fins, which threatens to push these ecologically important predators to extinction, The Wildlife Conservation Society has said. The Government of Panama is leading […]
A new study suggests that the deep ocean isn’t able to hold anywhere near as much carbon as previously thought. Scientists looked at the cycle of carbon as it’s sucked up by microscopic plants living near the surface of the water that then drift down to the seabed. Based on new particle tracking models, it […]
The Welsh Government, as the marine planning authority, has produced an aquaculture Sector Locational Guidance (SLG), implementing Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) sector supporting policy AQU 01b (Aquaculture (supporting)), which encourages a collaborative approach to understanding opportunities for the sustainable development of the sector. This document represents an ongoing process. It builds on initial work undertaken […]