01 Feb 2018
Salmon stock protection measures: Environment Agency consultation
The Environment Agency is proposing new measures to protect salmon stocks across England and in the Border Esk, which are currently among the lowest on record. The 2015 national salmon stock assessment indicated that salmon stocks in many rivers across England had failed to meet their minimum safe levels. The 2016 assessment showed this trend […]
01 Feb 2018
Natural Capital Accounts published – Office for National Statistics & Defra
The latest set of UK natural capital accounts have just been published, estimating the volume of services and value of Britain’s natural capital between 1997 and 2015. According to the accounts, the partial asset value of UK natural capital was estimated to be £761 billion in 2015. 58% of this value was attributable to cultural […]
01 Feb 2018
Leakage & Drought Two articles: Ofwat has clarified the PR19 requirements for leakage
‘Ofwat has clarified the PR19 requirements for leakage. The regulator has confirmed that its approach to leakage performance commitments will take account of companies that might want to start their improvements ahead of the 2020-25 price control period. It has also explained that the approach to the threshold for enhanced outperformance payments is different for […]
01 Feb 2018
Flood Framework Procurement: Environment Agency starts £1.5bn programme
Environment Agency Starts £1.5bn Flood Framework Procurement The Environment Agency is looking to appoint suppliers to a £1.5bn flood defence framework (January 15th). The government agency is seeking consultants and contractors to deliver its Flood and Coastal Risk Management capital programme as part of a collaborative delivery team. Lot 1, worth up to £300M, is for professional services […]
01 Feb 2018
Paris floods: OECD Report warns of major flood risk on the Seine basin
With parts of Paris under water and France facing its wettest January in more than a century, a major new report from the OECD is warning that further improvements are needed to manage major flood risk in Paris and the Seine basin. Action to prevent the risk of major flooding in Paris and the Ile […]
29 Jan 2018
Electric pulse fishing and the EU – Contradictions abound with ‘scientific trial’
By: Samuel Stone Date posted: 26 January 2018 Marine Conservation Society The use of electricity in the marine environment is currently banned under EU technical regulations, but a series of derogations for scientific and data collection purposes have made it possible for (primarily) the Dutch to roll out the electric pulse fishing method on a large scale over […]
29 Jan 2018
Fisheries & Brexit: EU Framework for preparatory discussions
Click here to download the PDF of this set of slides 17 January 2018 TFSO (2018) 23 Commission to EU 27 Internal EU27 preparatory discussions on the framework for the future relationship: “Fisheries” European Commission, Task Force for· the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TE Remarks: These slides […]
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