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18 Dec 2017

CFP Reactions to the EU Fisheries Meeting – Same old story fishing levels set too high

Scottish Fishermen’s Federation set their response in relation to Brexit Client Earth https://www.clientearth.org/2018-fishing-limits-set-high-herring-whiting-ministers-continue-ignore-science/ Pew: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/ending-overfishing-in-northwestern-europe Marine Conservation Society Fishing levels continue to be set too high in penultimate December council meeting before date set for Brexit says UK’s leading marine charity Following the annual fisheries negotiations at the European Council of Ministers in Brussels to […]

18 Dec 2017

Shameful discarding of huge quantities of bass in the south west & fishermen complain on video

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Thanks to Keith Hiscock for this news. Persist with the Plymouth Herald site you’ll get to the video eventually. This article describes the still shocking realities of discarding of bass and the candid video of a local Plymouth fisherman. Fishermen have thrown £120k of dead fish back in sea in a week The fisherman say […]

18 Dec 2017

Vote Blue go green – Tories replaying the early Cameron strategy to win younger vote

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Blue Planet and Brexit for animals: inside the Tory ‘green conservatism’ master plan Spectator ‘One of the things MPs complain about when it comes to Brexit – aside from its handling by the government – is that it means there is little time left for the Conservatives to pursue much in the terms of domestic […]

18 Dec 2017

Quality control in science used for policy – Piers Larcombe and Peter Ridd

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Piers Larcombe: ‘Please find attached a paper, by Peter Ridd & I, that appeared late last week today in Marine Pollution Bulletin online, about problems with Quality Control in science in general with the case examples being the Great Barrier Reef. It discusses the inadequacy of peer review and proposes the establishment of an Institute of […]

12 Dec 2017

Charges for EA permits to increase

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The EA has opened a new consultation on significant increases and other changes to their charging schemes for the April 2018-2023 period, which will set rates for the cost of: Permits Subsistence charges for regulation Advice during application and advice. This is a move towards full cost recovery for the EA’s work. it could impact […]

12 Dec 2017

Stormier winters on the way

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Carbon Brief reports on a new study, which finds that the UK could face harsher and more frequent winter storms if global greenhouse gas emissions aren’t curbed. The research uses modelling to investigate how rising global temperatures could change the movements of mid-latitude storms by the end of the century. These storms form outside of […]

12 Dec 2017

First annual review of natural capital

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The Natural Capital Coalition has published This is Natural Capital 2017. It is the first annual review of trends and activities within the natural capital concept. It includes headline facts (e.g. 68 countries are currently planning to produce natural capital accounts) and perspectives from a number of leading experts on the topic. Meanwhile, The UK’s […]

12 Dec 2017

Nitrates inquiry launched

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The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry that will consider the nature, scale and impacts of nitrate pollution on the environment and human life, and review the Government’s approach to the regulation of the chemicals concerned and its approach to reducing them. Nitrates are damaging to the environment as, once they are released […]

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