13 Jul 2021
JNCC ‘The UK government has committed to identify and designate pilot Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters by the end of 2022. Defra, JNCC, Natural England, Cefas, the Marine Management Organisation and the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities will work together, with stakeholders, to identify potential pilot sites. To understand the […]
13 Jul 2021
This is very depressing reading, and comes on last weeks news that Government are trying to water down protection for endangered species. All of this taking place against the passage of the Environment Bill through Parliament. EAC ‘The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) urges the Government to conserve and restore UK biodiversity and ecosystems amid grave […]
13 Jul 2021
The Blue Belt Programme – Latest Annual Report & Update The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments. From: Foreign,Commonwealth & Development Office, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Marine Management Organisation, and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Last updated June 2021 — See […]
13 Jul 2021
Adur & Worthing Councils ‘are set to become the first local authorities in the UK to lease the seabed off their coast from the Queen in a pioneering project to invest in climate change measures and restore marine habitat. The historic move could pave the way from an ambitious plan to create a Sussex Bay Marine […]
06 Jul 2021
Plastic pollution and projected growth of plastics – check this page of projections – and you’ll get the scale of the problem we are facing. Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040 Scientists say agreement must cover extraction of raw materials and pollution that blights seas and land Science: A […]
06 Jul 2021
Click here to access the quinquennial review section of the JNCC website. Guardian ‘Legal protections for wildlife and plants in the UK are set for a review that could result in some important species losing their entitlement to special status, ecology experts have told the Guardian. Adders, slow worms, water voles, mountain hares, pine martens and red […]
06 Jul 2021
Future of seaside towns: updated government response to the select committee report The updated response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of seaside towns at the request of the Chair of the Liaison Committee. This is the updated government response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on regenerating seaside towns […]
06 Jul 2021
About 10 years ago I became aware of an area off the Brittany coast where the fishermen were leading a co-management approach to designated areas for scallop fisheries through a local commune. At the time I was told by an experienced senior representative of the UK fishing industry that “it could never happen here”. It […]
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