Actions to increase the productivity of Scotland’s aquaculture sector and help reduce its impact on the environment have been set out in a new strategy. The Vision for sustainable aquaculture describes the Scottish Government’s long-term aspirations to 2045 for the finfish, shellfish and seaweed farming sectors, and the wider aquaculture supply chain. The Vision for […]
The UK’s growing mismatch between the fish we catch and the fish we want to eat has clear implications for our future food security, according to new research. Led by the University of Essex and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), the study, published in the international peer-reviewed journal Reviews in Fish Biology […]
Reconciling the Fisheries Act 2020 Climate Change Fisheries Objective with a £150-180 M per year fuel tax concession – new Study In a world first, the UK government introduced a climate change fisheries objective into its new Fisheries Act 2020. This objective (one of eight) states that: (a) the adverse effect of fish and aquaculture […]
The United Nations World Ocean Assessment is currently in its third cycle and the call for experts has now opened. The United Nations World Ocean Assessment is the only global integrated assessment of our oceans under all aspects of sustainable development, drawing on expertise from hundreds of scientists from around the world. To support […]
An underwater robotic sorting device which helps fishing trawlers prevent bycatch by identifying and sizing fish and other marine life in real-time is being developed by researchers from Heriot-Watt University in partnership with Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) and funded by the UK Seafood Innovation Fund. Smartrawl uses AI-technology to determine the individual […]
This article, led by The University of Western Australia’s School of Biological Sciences Adjunct Professor, Melinda Coleman, was originally published in The Conversation on July 12. Finding a good partner in life is a tricky endeavour, so imagine how much more difficult this task becomes when you’re rooted in the ground. For most land plants, the […]
Hundreds of seabirds have been washed up on beaches on the South Pembrokeshire coast. The birds are being regularly removed, although more are being washed up between the clear-ups. Most are guillemots, although razorbills and gannets have also been reported. Testing has taken place on a sample of the dead birds, and Avian Influenza (bird […]
Plans for a massive wind farm project off the Norfolk coast have been dramatically halted in a major blow for the county’s burgeoning energy industry. Swedish company Vattenfall announced that it had halted plans for its Norfolk Boreas project. The company said costs for the scheme had soared by 40pc due to inflation and it […]