Shark Trust: ‘Conservationists are delighted that CITES* Parties have officially listed devil rays, thresher sharks, and the Silky Shark under CITES Appendix II. The listing proposals were supported by more than the two-thirds majority required for adoption in Committee on Monday, and finalised today in Plenary. “This is a big win for all these species […]
Two articles looking to improve our understanding of lugworm ecology and explain bait digging rules Lugworms and citizen science and Bait digging and the law – the facts The Angling Trust has produced a new factsheet to help sea anglers and clubs understand more about bait digging and the law when anglers digging their own […]
The recent low level of news on Brexit has been broken by Theresa May’s conference speech to the Conservative Party. In it she has set out the key priorities and milestones in the process of leaving the EU. The speech covers the following key points: Controlling immigration and withdrawing from the European court of Justice […]
UPDATE The Paris Climate Change Agreement has been ratified on November 4th The European Parliament has this morning approved the fast-track ratification of the Paris Agreement, clearing the way for the historic treaty to enter force in time for the next UN climate summit in Marrakech next month. In the presence of European Commission President […]
Environment Agency issues metaldehyde advice for autumn crop growers The Environment Agency is calling on growers to think ‘slope, soil and stream’ when they apply metaldehyde based slug pellets to crops this autumn. Metaldehyde is the pesticide that most often causes risks to drinking water sources, especially in the autumn – if metaldehyde enters watercourses it […]
Defra have published a report on the summary of responses to their proposals on water abstraction licensing: changes to exemptions in England and Wales: First published: 15 January 2016 Last updated: 29 September 2016, see all updates The voices for stronger action will be growing over time two examples: Angling Trust backs call for water […]
NOAA has shown that August was significantly warmer than the average for last century, and marked 16 months of record warmth for the globe, the longest such streak in 137 years. Climate change is happening now. Globally, 14 of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000. The impacts of climate change are […]
Dynamics on the Suffolk Coast – New report available from The Crown Estate http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-minerals-and-infrastructure/research/seabed-and-coastal-research/reports/ Summary The Crown Estate has recently supported several pieces of work which improve general knowledge of the physical processes off the Suffolk coast. The objective of the study described in this report, carried out for The Crown Estate by University […]