20 Oct 2022
A water company has been hit with combined fines of over £1.2m for pollution incidents in East England, the Environment Agency has reported. Anglian Water was fined in two separate court cases after causing four pollution incidents in watercourses as a result of blockages and broken infrastructure. The water company was ordered to pay £871,000 […]
20 Oct 2022
Thames Water is at the top of a league table charting the number of written complaints made to water firms in England and Wales last year, with the number more than doubling since 2017, the Guardian has reported. The number of written complaints received by the firm from household customers has risen from 17,039 in 2017/18 […]
20 Oct 2022
Homes across London remain at risk of being flooded by effluvia as a result of the capital’s Victorian sewage system and heavy rainfall, the BBC has reported. The London Flood Review concluded current infrastructure is unfit for purpose, especially in extreme weather. Downpours last July, equivalent to two months’ of rain within two […]
18 Oct 2022
The Future Fisheries Alliance’s call for improved at-sea monitoring across vessels fishing in UK waters received a boost last month when Natural England recommended the immediate roll-out Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) to vessels that have the highest impact on our seas. The Alliance is a collaboration between WWF UK, Marine Conservation Society and […]
18 Oct 2022
The Marine Conservation Society has called on the government to deliver better fisheries management following the publication of its Good Fish Guide. The charity said ‘Our Good Fish Guide is rigorously reviewed and updated with the latest scientific advice twice a year. We focus on a different set of ratings each time, based on when […]
18 Oct 2022
New mapping tools from the Environment Agency and Natural England which reveal the extent of seagrass and saltmarsh habitats around England for the first time, are now live. The maps will provide valuable information for the management of these crucial blue carbon habitats, helping to drive forward restoration projects. In a release from […]
18 Oct 2022
A giant 900lb (408kg) tuna believed to be the biggest fish ever caught in Welsh waters has been landed by an angler. Simon Batey and friend Jason Nott caught the Atlantic bluefin tuna off the Pembrokeshire coast. The huge 9ft (2.82m) fish was caught, measured and then released. Campaigners said Welsh waters now […]
18 Oct 2022
Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, new research finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times. Researchers as CSIRO, the Australian government’s scientific research centre, found that 740,000km of […]
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