The UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee held a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of crustaceans off the Yorkshire coast since October 2021. There have been conflicting theories about the reasons for the deaths of the crabs and lobsters. The Government has attributed the cause to a marine ‘algal […]
A cross-party group of MPs has called for a tripling of the floating offshore wind target, from 5GW by 2030 to 15GW by 2035, a restoration of 30 per cent of UK saltmarshes and seagrass meadows by 2030, and greater ambitious for nature restoration targets. The ten point plan for climate and nature […]
Developing countries are losing billions of dollars due to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, according to a new study by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC). IUU fishing is a major driver of the marine ecosystem’s destruction and accounts for one-fifth of the global fisheries’ catches, worth up to $23.5bn (£20bn) annually, the third most lucrative natural resource […]
The Seabed User and Developer Group (SUDG) brings together the majority of UK marine industries, including renewable energy, marine aggregates, ports, subsea cables, recreational boating and marinas, oil and gas, nuclear energy, and carbon capture storage and utilisation. The group has written to three Secretaries of State to state they do not recommend moving away […]
Unpaid labour, mental-health disorders, discrimination and abuse are rampant concerns in marine science, according to a survey of students and early-career researchers in the field. The following extract is from an article published in Nature and considers a research paper from Frontiers in Marine Science published in August of 2022. Of the 492 […]
Exposure to spaces such as beaches leads to greater value being placed in natural settings, study finds. The research states that childhood days on the beach or messing around in rivers can have significant lasting benefits for our wellbeing in adulthood. The findings state that exposure to blue spaces – such as coasts, rivers and […]
The UK Government upheld its long-standing opposition to commercial whaling at the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Slovenia this week, advocating to uphold the moratorium that was agreed 40 years ago. The United Kingdom also secured further support for the protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) and has […]
Natural England has just published several research reports to inform and support the sustainable development of offshore windfarms, contributing to economic growth and energy security. This package of research will provide evidence that supports the government’s vision for 50GW of offshore wind by 2030, including 5GW of floating wind as included in the British […]