06 Jul 2021
Survey on offshore energy structure decommissioning Do you work in, or with, the offshore energy sector in the North Sea? The University of Exeter is looking for stakeholders from academia, offshore energy industries, NGOs, and advisory and regulatory groups to contribute to a questionnaire. MSc student Carolina Gomes is collecting data to understand […]
06 Jul 2021
Plastic pollution and projected growth of plastics – check this page of projections – and you’ll get the scale of the problem we are facing. Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040 Scientists say agreement must cover extraction of raw materials and pollution that blights seas and land Science: A […]
06 Jul 2021
Click here to access the quinquennial review section of the JNCC website. Guardian ‘Legal protections for wildlife and plants in the UK are set for a review that could result in some important species losing their entitlement to special status, ecology experts have told the Guardian. Adders, slow worms, water voles, mountain hares, pine martens and red […]
06 Jul 2021
Future of seaside towns: updated government response to the select committee report The updated response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of seaside towns at the request of the Chair of the Liaison Committee. This is the updated government response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on regenerating seaside towns […]
06 Jul 2021
About 10 years ago I became aware of an area off the Brittany coast where the fishermen were leading a co-management approach to designated areas for scallop fisheries through a local commune. At the time I was told by an experienced senior representative of the UK fishing industry that “it could never happen here”. It […]
06 Jul 2021
In January 2021, Dorset Wildlife Trust commissioned remote sensing surveys in Weymouth Bay and Poole Bay, with funding from Natural England, to understand and document the impact of large vessel anchoring on seabed features and Marine Protected Areas. These surveys found that ships’ anchors had created large deep grooves, or scars, in the seabed, radiating around […]
06 Jul 2021
Constructed by Orbital Marine Power, the O2 will ultimately be connected to the local electricity grid to help provide clean and sustainable energy to the communities of Orkney. The world’s most powerful tidal turbine has taken the next step towards deployment in the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the north-eastern coast of Scotland and home […]
01 Jul 2021
Marine PQQ & ITT for Offshore Marine Minerals Key Resource Assessment The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business, created by Act of Parliament to manage a portfolio of property, land & marine assets. Our portfolio is one of the largest in the UK and includes the whole of Regent Street and much of St […]
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