07 Jan 2025
US President Joe Biden is set to ban new offshore oil and gas development across 625 million acres (250 million hectares) of U.S. coastal territory. The ban rules out the sale of drilling rights in stretches of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The move is considered mostly symbolic, as […]
07 Jan 2025
The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has voiced support for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and their recent statement regarding the urgent need to safeguard the future of fishing and processing communities. SFF warned recently that their industry faces a twin threat to its future in 2025. Offshore wind farms in the North Sea and the prime minister’s ambitions to […]
07 Jan 2025
Fishermen in Cornwall fear proposals for offshore wind farms could destroy their businesses and pose the “greatest change” the fishing industry has ever faced. David Stevens, a fisherman and member of the Cornwall Fish Producers Organisation, says the proposals for the area where he fishes would “close down around 60% to 70%” of the waters. […]
30 Dec 2024
For the first time, the Coastal Futures conference is offering a range of free side-events for registered delegates, including: Poster exhibition:A room dedicated to more than twenty posters from the UK’s leading ocean and coastal practitioners. Photo exhibition: An exhibition that invites you to reflect on our commercial fishing industry and the contributions it makes to […]
30 Dec 2024
Scottish fishing chiefs have warned their industry faces a twin threat to its future in 2025. Offshore wind farms in the North Sea and the prime minister’s ambitions to “reset” relations between the UK and European Union are major dangers for the sector, they say. Scotland’s fishing sector is at risk of being “crushed” unless […]
30 Dec 2024
A decade ago, T. J. Pitcher and W. W. L. Cheung highlighted the dichotomy in perceptions regarding the status of global fisheries, presenting a challenging outlook on the long-term sustainability of fisheries (Pitcher and Cheung, 2013). Their analysis underscored the pressures that marine ecosystems and fisheries are facing, arguing that without significant shifts toward ecosystem-based […]
30 Dec 2024
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is celebrating the support it has provided to UK’s fishing and seafood industry in 2024 through various administered grant schemes. In 2024 the MMO delivered £30m in funding to support 535 projects nationwide. This grant support has been delivered to industry thanks to a collaboration of teams across the MMO, […]
24 Dec 2024
Projects based in Yorkshire, Outer Hebrides and Merseyside have received a share of £2.4 million from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), part of UK Research and Innovation. The studies are the first NERC research projects to be co-led by local community members and scientists from beginning to end. Reducing coastal erosion A project led […]
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