Another useful day highlighting a worldwide problem which is a major issue in UK Rivers – I wonder what happened to the Government’s promised legislation? Environment Agency: More than 20,000km of England’s rivers have been opened up to improve fish migration over the last 4 years – the equivalent distance of London to Rio and […]
Greenpeace ‘Small scale fishermen in England are struggling to retain their livelihood, while multi-million pound companies buy up the majority of fishing right, according to a new investigation by Greenpeace. The investigation revealed that just three companies own nearly two-thirds of England’s fishing quota while some fishermen hoard quota on vessels which never cast a […]
Tom Appleby, van der Werf, and Chris Williams have analysed the current situation in a recent paper. Abstract/Description The UK’s fishery is a public asset worth in the region of £1,125 million. The free allocation of quota to commercial businesses on the basis of 2 years’ track record is a similar process to permitting that […]
Despite the delay, this project still has a great deal of support. Wales Online: Swansea Bay tidal lagoon enjoys strong support from MPs and Conservative councillors according to a new poll. The survey, carried out by ComRes for Tidal Lagoon Power, found that 83% of Conservative MPs and 71% of Labour MPs support the project. […]
Peter Jones: New critical analysis paper: Marine Spatial Planning in Reality – concludes “that the realities of how marine spatial planning (MSP’ing) is working contrast with widely recognised concepts and ideals as to how MSP’ing should work, as integrated-use MSP’ing based on political expedience and blue growth priorities is diverging from and potentially competing with […]
The Celtic Seas Partnership is producing a series of Best Practice Guidelines to support marine stakeholders in working and co-existing in ways which promote healthy, productive seas, towards the EU’s target of ‘Good Environmental Status’. Following a series of facilitated discussions, alongside the development of ten case studies from across the Celtic Seas, we have […]
MMO: The workshops will focus on the challenges and opportunities of each area, the MMO is inviting stakeholders to register their interest for workshops to discuss the challenges, opportunities and needs of the next phase of marine plan areas. The workshops are being held across the north east, north west, south east and south west […]
Scotland’s First Minister Nichola Sturgeon has appointed a new Environment Secretary following the announcement that Richard Lochhead has stepped down from the role. The SNP MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Roseanna Cunningham, will take over the front bench role within the Scottish Parliament from today (18 May), the Scottish Government has announced, having previously […]