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09 Nov 2019

MarineNews

Pew: Hobart, Australia—The Pew Charitable Trusts today expressed disappointment that for an eighth consecutive year, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) ended its annual meeting without designating marine protections in the waters off East Antarctica. Member governments also failed to reach consensus on designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) in […]

06 Nov 2019

MarineNews

Climate change: Your views – can we do more? Reminder to Participate: Closes November 29th TWO DAYS TO GO As the conversation around climate change and climate action becomes increasingly urgent, there is a need to understand how individual and collective action can be harnessed to address some of the challenges facing the natural world.  […]

02 Nov 2019

MarineNews

The Super-trawler in the English Channel and the developing commentaries (see below) and illustrations have been a stark reminder to a much wider audience about the scale of modern industrial fishing. This note highlights: The sheer size of these super trawlers that simply dwarf any ‘traditional’ trawler. The legality of the quota allocation via the […]

02 Nov 2019

MarineNews

Reported in the Independent based on an FOI from NGO Open Seas Several thousand tonnes of dead fish have been illegally discarded by trawlers in the North Sea and west coast of Scotland this year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. Small, juvenile fish often end up getting caught in scampi fisheries because their mesh nets […]

02 Nov 2019

MarineNews

From the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland by Allen P Sragow    19th August 2019 A US attorney warns that Scotland has 18 months to legislate new marine mammal protection standards or find the largest export market for Scottish salmon closed for business United States Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972 (“MMPA”) prohibits injuring marine […]

02 Nov 2019

MarineNews

Coastal Governance Index Economist Intelligence Unit reveals leaders and laggards on coastal governance The 2019 Coastal Governance Index shows which countries are living up to their promises to protect the ocean environment and deliver a genuinely sustainable blue economy. Countries need to take urgent and effective action to protect fisheries and other living resources, according […]