The UKRI-supported ‘Sea the Value’ project is aimed at determining the economic, ecological and socio-cultural value of marine ecosystems. Following the UK Government Dasgupta Review, which found that biodiversity must be embedded in decision making to support nature recovery and halt biodiversity loss, a £6.4m funding package by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been announced […]
The Championing Coastal Coordination (3Cs) initiative is a programme of work that is being led by the Environment Agency with support from Natural England, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs). It is a collaboration seeking to enhance and progress coordination for coastal sustainability and resilience […]
About the Infrastructure Scheme At least £65 million in grant funding is available through the Infrastructure Scheme. The scheme will fund projects that improve the UK seafood sector supply chain through investment in: improved capability at ports, harbours, processing, and aquaculture facilities the social and economic welfare of coastal communities fleet modernisation recreational sea fishing […]
Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing. The 41st annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) closed without making significant progress toward the establishment of new marine protected […]
The Commonwealth Secretariat has announced the first call for proposals under the newly established Commonwealth Blue Charter Project Incubator. New technical support and funding is being made available to governments to support projects that promote ocean protection and marine development, while tackling climate change. This includes small grants worth between £5000 and £50,000 […]
The World Coastal Forum was officially launched at the COP14 Ramsar meeting in Geneva today (8th November, 2022). An International Advisory Meeting on the World Coastal Forum held on Jan 10, 2022 in Yancheng City, China with global online participation of government agencies, conventions, international NGOs and experts, agreed to establish a “World Coastal Forum (WCF)”. […]
The mysterious Greenland shark – thought to have the longest lifespan of any vertebrate – has been granted new, historic protections by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). The US and Canada, with support from the UK and the EU, proposed and secured a science-based ban on retaining the species from international waters. […]
The Marine Conservation Society has released its first Wildlife Sightings report, publishing last year’s findings from its long-running citizen science project. The project asks the public to report jellyfish and marine turtle sightings in and around the UK and Ireland’s shores. The charity collects and analyses reports of these species to identify […]