13 Feb 2019
Lauren Mattingley Science Officer Salmon & Trout Conservation ‘Whichever way you look at it, our rivers and coastal waters are inextricably linked. A plastic bottle casually tossed away in the middle of the country, blown on the breeze into a river tributary will make its way, over time to open water, by which time it’ll […]
13 Feb 2019
Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers Abstract Journal of Biological Conservation: Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying drivers. Our work reveals dramatic rates of decline that may lead to […]
12 Feb 2019
Guardian ‘Lords say government failing to act as industry blames non-compliance on ‘flawed design’ About 1.7m tonnes of fish are discarded across the EU every year, because fleets catch fish for which they do not have a quota. Public backing for a ban on discarding edible fish at sea has been thwarted by the reluctance of the […]
12 Feb 2019
Guardian: ‘The backers of a pioneering project to harness energy from the tides off the Welsh coast have rebooted the scheme and believe they can build it without the help of government. With the recent failure of two major nuclear projects, attention has turned to alternatives to fill the low-carbon power gap, with developers of windfarms and […]
12 Feb 2019
An Oil rig has permit to dump 6.7k tonnes of chemicals in Poole Bay, and it is due to arrive tomorrow bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17399387.… Follow this on the Save Our Shores Bournemouth website AN oil firm has gained permission to dump more than 6,700 tonnes of drilling chemicals in Poole Bay. The rig ENSCO 72 was due […]
12 Feb 2019
IFCAs – Press Release ‘Since their inception in 2011, the IFCAs have led the development of effective management for inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in England. To date IFCAs have introduced 23 new byelaws for the management of fishing activities in inshore MPAs, including the permanent closure of 3,980km2 of sea area to potentially damaging […]
12 Feb 2019
External decision making and implementation mapping of marine plans – MMO Evidence report 1155 The MMO has published a new research report looking at how and where marine plans are being used in decision-making by public bodies. The report “External decision making and implementation mapping of marine plans” identified a total of 29 government bodies, […]
12 Feb 2019
Keith Hiscock: This is how you do it! Excellent report from the Skomer team – really helping us to understand natural (and probably not so natural) fluctuations in species and climate etc. Skomer marine Conservation Zone – Project Status Report (Evidence Report 251) This is the seventeenth project status report produced by the Skomer Marine […]
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