19 Oct 2021
Bass is one of the most valuable fish available to most commercial shore netters and therefore a key driver for them. The 2017 ban on shore netters landing bass reduced commercial shore netting activity and thereby reduced bass mortality however this has now been reversed. The revised legislation on the prohibition on landing and selling […]
19 Oct 2021
The Earthshot Prize is designed to incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years. It is centred around five ‘Earthshots’ – simple but ambitious goals for our planet which, if achieved by 2030, will improve life for us all, for generations to come. Five, one million-pound prizes will be awarded […]
19 Oct 2021
Spending a month on St Kilda during the summer, Connie Tremlett and Mark Bolton were tasked by Marine Scotland (funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund) to deploy tiny GPS tracking devices on the Leaches Storm Petrel to give information on where the important feeding grounds are, and where the birds might interact with […]
12 Oct 2021
Listen at BBC Sounds Campaigners say the state of Britain’s rivers is worsening. Over half of them polluted by sewage. There’s also a problem with agricultural run-off and chemicals. What can we do? According to campaigners, Britain has some of the dirtiest rivers in Europe. Sewage, slurry from farms and chemicals are all a problem, […]
12 Oct 2021
Peak river flow climate change allowances by management catchment Information on peak river flow allowances for flood risk assessments, and flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies. Flood risk assessments: climate change allowances When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments. This guidance […]
12 Oct 2021
Entries have opened for Ofwat’s second Water Breakthrough Challenge, calling for initiatives to drive innovation and collaboration within the water sector and beyond – with the winning partnerships able to win a share of approximately £39 million. Following the successful partnerships formed in the first Water Breakthrough Challenge between water companies and the likes of conservation […]
12 Oct 2021
CCW has set out clear priorities for what we want to see from the 2024 Price Review (PR24), and what we intend do to help: Providing clarity through collaborative research Instead of each water company conducting its own research, we will help to facilitate centralised research across the industry. We hope that this will improve […]
12 Oct 2021
From Yorkshire Water The first nature-based wastewater treatment in Yorkshire has been completed at Yorkshire Water’s Clifton wastewater treatment works near Doncaster where sustainable wastewater treatment is now underway after the planting of 20,000 wetland plants. The site has been transformed into an integrated constructed wetland, with the clay in the ponds and the plants […]
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