07 Oct 2020
There is serious momentum developing around the failures on many levels to address the worsening, chronic pollution of our rivers from many sources. This comes soon after England’s shocking water classification results showed just 16% of water bodies meet the criteria for Good Ecological Status against 25 Year Environment Plan’s target of 75%. Newspapers like […]
07 Oct 2020
There has been a growing concern over the summer about CSO pollution and Defra have announced that over 1000 people responded to their consultation on creating a Bathing water at Ilkley. Guardian ‘A coalition of river and sea organisations is calling for targets for water companies to reduce sewage discharges to be included in the […]
07 Oct 2020
Guardian: River pollution leads to Welsh demand for halt to intensive chicken farms ‘Pea soup’ algal blooms in River Wye cited as example of damage to habitats as coalition calls for moratorium on planning permission. As rivers in Wales deteriorate and fill with pollution, a coalition of groups has called for a moratorium on planning approval for […]
06 Oct 2020
Two articles: Progress with Norway and UK putting a new proposal to EU with a 3 year phase in for new relationship has been welcomed by the NFFO (NFFO Response). Fishing Federations are clearly still cautious about the main EU negotiation – see this recent SFF letter. UK and Norway sign historic fisheries agreement Defra […]
06 Oct 2020
Seafarers UK: Fishing without a safety net This study was commissioned by Seafarers UK in 2019 and took place prior to the coronavirus pandemic. The intent was to explore the real financial difficulties inherent in earning a living from fishing. It aimed to identify and develop an evidence base of interventions that could support the […]
06 Oct 2020
Melting Antarctic ice will raise sea level by 2.5 metres – even if Paris climate goals are met, study finds – Paper in Nature Research says melting will continue even if temperature rises are limited to 2C Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the […]
06 Oct 2020
Global Ocean Alliance: 30 countries are now calling for greater ocean protection Commitment for 30% of the ocean to be protected by 2030 Defra ‘30 countries have now joined the Global Ocean Alliance championing an international commitment for a minimum 30% of the global ocean to be protected through Marine Protected Areas by 2030. At […]
06 Oct 2020
When the MCS Beachwatch programme began in 1993-1994 plastic cotton bud sticks were one of the regularly recorded items. They were one of the key indicators of sewage related pollution of our beaches and rivers. It has taken 25 years to get a simple substitution of card for plastic. Can we really afford to take […]
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