US Incentive Programme – $30 to every household to save at least 10% water 2016 vs 2015 Connecticut Water’s innovative Water Drop Challenge (WDC) has resulted in a saving of nearly 9 million gallons of water (approx. 34 million litres) in the first half of 2016! The WDC is a voluntary water conservation program that […]
Seafish: ‘CLG Brexit Special on Friday 7 October. Seafish organised this Common Language Group (CLG) ‘special’ event to explore the potential issues and opportunities that leaving the EU could have for the seafood sector. Seafish lined up expert speakers from across the seafood supply chain to talk about key areas such as trade, regulation, marine governance, […]
The Angling Trust has published a comprehensive report calling for far greater protection for Britain’s estuaries and for a radical overhaul of the outdated rules governing inshore netting, which is doing huge damage to juvenile fish stocks and endangering the survival of important species such as bass, mullet, salmon and seatrout. The dossier, Inshore Netting […]
We are now aware of the problem of plastics in the environment and the global scale of marine pollution by plastics. There is a clear need to move beyond just measuring this litter whether it be on the beaches or at sea and there are now a growing range of actions developing to both prevent […]
BirdLife International proposes protected status for area of the Atlantic identified as vital for marine biodiversity. BirdLife International has presented a proposal to create a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) under OSPAR, the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. If accepted by OSPAR, the MPA will be the first […]
Ecology isn’t simple. The relationship between species in the environment is dynamic and complex. Evidence building in the UK from Lundy and Arran are showing how crustacean populations develop once no take zones are introduced. It has taken years for such experiments to be allowed in UK and now we should be using this evidence […]
Bob Earll: Thanks to Rob Lawson for the heads up on this. There are also sections on Agriculture and Fisheries – questions 39-47: Commentary and a full list from the Independent – coverage & questions. Rob Lawson: Labour’s 170 questions for David Davis were probably one of the better things the official opposition has done […]
Bob Earll ‘The Chairmen of the Environment Agency have had a chequered history. Whilst perhaps not setting the world alight this blog (below) begins to set out that the new Environment Agency Chairmen, Emma Howard Boyd, does get the big picture. She has a strong investment background (see Her profile and details ) in the […]