MCS: Placing proportionate limits on bottom-towed fishing could help boost long-term jobs in fragile rural communities, as well as protect the environment, contend a coalition of Scottish charities. The Scottish Government is due to announce measures for managing fishing in several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) later this month. Scottish Environment LINK’s Marine Taskforce has written […]
Northern Ireland MCZ’s The public consultation is open to everyone who wishes to respond and the full consultation document together with instructions on how individuals can submit comments is available online. The four sites are Carlingford, Outer Belfast Lough, Rathlin and Watefoot. Strangford Lough is already an MCZ. The consultation will close on 11 March […]
The Cumbria floods have prompted this cross – departmental (integrated?) review in to resilience and flooding; even in their press release they seem to have become aware of ‘upstream solutions’. Defra ‘Environment Secretary announces work to identify additional flood protection measures in Cumbria Work to identify additional flood protection measures for Cumbrian communities affected by […]
Conference outcomes – European Commission: ‘Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities that arise when applying an environmental perspective to MSP. Planning and managing human activities in a way that does not exceed the capacity of marine ecosystems to deliver economic and social benefits.’ Commissioner Vella’s thinking on show. It also discussed the role of the […]
Fishermen across the UK will be able to apply for a share of €243m in new European Maritime and Fisheries Funding (EMFF) to help their businesses adapt to the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and support their long-term sustainability and economic growth Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced. The funding secured by the UK government […]
Eco Magazine: ‘On Wednesday 25 November 2015, the tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier has been put into service. The festive commissioning, where the largest tidal energy project in The Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installation of five turbines in an array, was performed by Diederik Samsom, […]
Three articles 1. The NOW Show on Natural Capital … OK its 5 years old but this is a really amusing take on Natural Capital … and Dieter Helm who returns as chair of the NCC Click Here 2. The Natural Capital protocol is now open for consultation – Natural Capital Coalition Natural Capital Coalition […]
A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data New report available from the UK Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG) This report may be downloaded from: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/science/MSCC/PSEG Summary This new report, ‘A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data’ has just been published. The study was undertaken for PSEG jointly by ABP Marine Environmental […]