25 Apr 2017
This long running issue over the development and major dredge proposal at Falmouth is a major test of the Government and it’s agencies approach to developments in marine conservation sites. Groups like MCS and FoE with local experts have been leading a major campaign. Quite what form or when any decision will take is unclear, […]
25 Apr 2017
The relationships between Europe’s countries fishing around our coast is long standing. The London Convention embodied this relationship in 1964. The historic relationships are however much longer than that. Despite my coverage of this in March when the Times and Telegraph carried articles saying that UK would trigger exit from the London Convention it is […]
25 Apr 2017
World’s first-ever best-practice guide for responsible shark and ray tourism released Hong Kong – This World Wildlife Day, March 3, Project AWARE®, WWF and The Manta Trust are pleased to release Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice, the world’s first-ever guidelines for shark and ray tourism operators. The Guide aims to provide practical, science-based […]
25 Apr 2017
Dr Emma Sheehan, from Plymouth University Marine Institute and her co-workers have published a paper on sea fans; key points include: Protected Pink Sea Fans are mass stranding each winter entangled in marine debris. The marine debris comprises mostly fishing gear and some domestic litter. Evidence for ghost fishing causing the stranded “sea fangles” is […]
19 Apr 2017
Two articles 1. European Commission warns UK over failure to protect blanket bog habitats This is in the Environment section along with a number of other items The Commission is urging the United Kingdom to stop burning blanket bog habitats within upland Natura 2000 sites in England and to take measures to restore the damaged habitats. Blanket bogs are […]
19 Apr 2017
It really was a no-brainer. With such a small majority, 12 or 17 depending on who you are counting, any group of Conservative MPs could thwart what Government wanted to achieve. A perfect illustration of this was the recent embarrassing U turn by Philip Hammond over self-employed NI payments in the budget. The impending CPS […]
19 Apr 2017
Civil Service World ‘Untangling the UK’s complicated relationship with European environmental policies and subsidies could be the hardest part of leaving the EU. Mark Rowe reports: When Theresa May talked of a Brexit cliff-edge – the risk of the UK leaving the EU with no trade deal in place – staff at the Department for […]
19 Apr 2017
In a first for the UK water industry a code of practice for assessing surface water treatment technologies has been published by British Water. The document, which took over two years to develop, has been supported by the Environment Agency and manufacturers of surface water treatment devices. British Water members ACO Technologies, Hydro International and […]
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