28 Jun 2017

CaBA  ‘We know that building partnerships can be a real struggle, that’s why we’ve created an interactive guide to point you in the right direction of where to start. From partnership building to catchment planning, this app will guide you through the catchment management process step by step.’   Take a look here.

26 Jun 2017

Bar Council – Brexit Papers from Daniel Owen You might be interested in this initiative by the Bar Council:  their ‘Brexit Papers’.  A Third Edition was released on 23 June: http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-centre/publications/2017/2017/june/the-brexit-papers-third-edition/ I’ve written a paper for them on fisheries:  it’s number 23 in the list.  It takes into account the Queen’s Speech on 21 June. […]

26 Jun 2017

The economic arguments for a better allocation for creel fishermen with white fish and environmental benefits Creeling and trawling for Nephrops are not simply alternative methods of harvesting Nephrops in inshore waters. Economically, they are quite separate activities which deliver fundamentally different economic outcomes. What they have in common is that, in Scotland’s inshore waters, […]

26 Jun 2017

The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan (PFOW MSP) has won the Excellence in Plan Making Practice category at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2017. The awards were held in London on 15 June. The RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence are the most established and respected awards in […]

22 Jun 2017

  Ecosystem Services in Marine and Coastal Management: Your views Over recent years the concept of ecosystem services has become increasingly embedded into marine and coastal management and decision making. In spite of this, questions remain as to how useful the concept is in supporting dialogue and collaboration across the research-policy-practice interface.  Consequently, we’re interested in practitioners, […]

22 Jun 2017

This is the full version of the Queen’s speech – a PDF – which starts to flesh out the individual Brexit Bills. For water and environment the Agricultural Bill will be worth scrutinising BBC on the Queen’s Speech