06 Jun 2023
Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than Germany to fishing and mining, the government announced Monday, protecting millions of vulnerable seabirds and animals. The remote Macquarie Island Marine Park, located off Australia’s southeastern coast between Tasmania and Antarctica in the Southern Ocean, is set to […]
06 Jun 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the UK Government’s marine regulator for England, have now published their Studland Bay Voluntary No Anchor Zone: 2022 Review of the effectiveness of the voluntary no anchor zone (VNAZ) after the first year of it being in place. A Summary of the 2022 review is also available. The MMO has concluded that the voluntary […]
06 Jun 2023
A 15-country study has confirmed that people living near or visiting the seaside enjoy better health. The concept that proximity to the ocean could foster better health isn’t entirely novel. We can trace this idea back to 1660, when English physicians started advocating for sea bathing and coastal strolls as wellness practices. By the mid-19th century, indulging […]
06 Jun 2023
From The Conversation: Research has suggested healthy whale populations could help us in unexpected ways – by storing carbon for the long term. How? Whales are usually huge. Among their number is the blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived. At up to 30 metres long and 190 tonnes, they’re bigger than any dinosaur. […]
06 Jun 2023
Marine Scotland has published a report entitled “Developing Essential Fish Habitat Maps for fish and shellfish species in Scotland”. Twenty-nine species and multiple life-stages were reviewed covering marine fish and shellfish of commercial and ecological importance, relevant to offshore wind development areas. Marine Scotland says that the report is “essential to the management of the activities, […]
30 May 2023
A seafood trail stretching across Axmouth, Beer, Lyme Regis, West Bay and beyond has been launched by the Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC (LBF). the Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC (LBF). The not-for-profit LBF was set up late last year to help support the 50 small-scale fishermen and inshore fleets from across the four ports. LBF chief […]
30 May 2023
An article in The Guardian reports on a call by researchers for a fund for nature loss in the same way as for climate impacts. Researchers state: “Global biodiversity loss has been disproportionately driven by consumption of people in rich nations. The concept of ‘loss and damage’ – familiar from international agreements on climate breakdown […]
30 May 2023
England’s first-ever national Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code which offers friendly advice and guidance to help people visit the coast responsibly has been published by DEFRA Home to around 95% of Europe’s grey seal population and around 25% of Europe’s breeding seabirds, the British coastline supports many iconic species and habitats. It is also a special […]
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