16 Oct 2018
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published a new report, Regulation of the Water Industry. It says that Droughts of the type experienced in summer 2018 will become more frequent and drought resilience will require increasing the supply of water alongside reducing demand. The Committee found that a “shocking” three billion litres of […]
16 Oct 2018
A new report says that aligning farm subsidies with the water sector spend would keep costs down. In the report, From blue to green: how to get the best for the environment from spending on water, the Green Alliance is calling for the UK’s new post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme to be better aligned with water companies’ […]
16 Oct 2018
Thames Water and the Mayor of London have announced a joint venture to majorly boost the number of water fountains in London. Each contributing £2.5m to fund, the scheme will help to tackle the issue of single-use plastic in the capital. A network of hundreds of free public water fountains will be available across busy […]
16 Oct 2018
Parts of Wales saw the “worst flooding in 30 years” as a result of Storm Callum at the weekend. Among the images captured was a waterfall being blown backwards on Skye. This tweet highlights some of the “astonishing stats coming from the flooding along the river Teifi”, including a peak flow of nearly 600 cubic […]
15 Oct 2018
Commercial fishing is included in the latest batch of technical notices on how various sectors would be affected if the UK leaves the EU without a deal in March 2019. The note covers access to waters and ports, and the import and export of fishery products. Under such a scenario, subject to any pre-existing agreements […]
15 Oct 2018
Earlier this year four men, including champion free divers, were convicted over a major poaching operation in the Calanques National Park near Marseille, France. They were caught fishing in protected no-fishing zones. Whilst this activity may not be unexpected, a big difference is the landmark civil case this winter, where a court will make the […]
15 Oct 2018
The 2015 MCCIP Report Card on marine biodiversity legislation showed that climate change is likely to have significant impacts on the UK’s marine protected areas and their features but identified a lack of advice on how protected features should be managed to build resilience to climate change. MCCIP has therefore worked with some of the UK’s […]
15 Oct 2018
Following a small-scale trial last year, native oysters are being reintroduced to the Dornoch Firth, an area where they were fished to extinction more than a century ago. Dr Bill Sanderson, Associate Professor of Marine Biodiversity at Heriot-Watt, said: “This is the first time anyone has tried to recreate a natural European oyster habitat in […]
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