04 Jan 2022
MCS ‘On Tuesday the 14th December the Scottish Government Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater MSP announced a new start date of the 16th of August 2023 for the Deposit Return Scheme that was promised by the First Minister back in 2017. The scheme was meant to have started in 2021 but got delayed to 2022 and […]
04 Jan 2022
Land-based salmon farming – Norway leads the way – One estimate is that you’d need 10 of these to replace all of Scotland’s marine farms https://salmonbusiness.com/construction-work-to-start-in-spring-2022-on-new-24000-tonnes-land-based-farm/ The salmon farming company Baring Farsund will build the region’s largest land-based facility for post-smolt and harvest-ready fish. When completed, the plant will have an area of more than […]
04 Jan 2022
A socioeconomic analysis [1] commissioned by Seas At Risk and carried out has revealed that a ban on bottom-contacting gear (bottom trawling and bottom dredging) in Marine Protected Areas would yield net benefits as soon as four years after the ban comes into force. The study highlights that after 13 years of such a ban, […]
21 Dec 2021
SEA-CHANGERS LAUNCHES COASTAL FOUNTAIN FUND 2022 The Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund supports groups and organisations around the UK who wish to install water bottle refill stations on beaches or other coastal locations. The programme aims to tackle the increasing problem of plastic bottles left behind along the coasts as marine litter, damaging the marine environment and the species […]
21 Dec 2021
Paper Summary: Dave K A Barnes & others: ‘Solving biodiversity loss and climate change are part of the same problem; intact natural habitats can provide powerful and efficient climate mitigation if protected. Beyond the land (forests), there is little appreciation of just how important ocean nature is to climate mitigation. Carbon captured, stored and the […]
21 Dec 2021
Three quarters of the UK lies beneath the sea, yet when it comes to climate policy our focus remains concentrated on the quarter of the UK above the shoreline. Carbon is captured in the UK ocean by habitats such as saltmarsh, seagrass, kelp forests and biogenic reefs, and vast amounts of carbon is stored in […]
21 Dec 2021
Peter Evans in The Conversation ‘Our oceans are under pressure like never before, with over 60% struggling from the increasing impact of fishing, coastal activities and climate change. The harsh truth is that as we move towards 2022 only 3% of oceans are totally free from the pressure of human activity. The greatest impact appears to be […]
21 Dec 2021
Defra – MMO ‘The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 retained and amended the Bass Measures 2020 as per Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU). This means that revised measures on vessels catching European Seabass are to be introduced on 31 December 2021. The bass control measures described implement measures designed to manage fishing effort to […]
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