25 Apr 2017
EAC ‘Marine Protected Areas Revisited’ The Marine Protected Areas Revisited report published today, found MPAs are not being effectively managed, and the Government needs to do more to protect vulnerable marine habitats, features and species once a site is designated as an MPA. The Committee also expressed concern that the Government had moved the goal […]
25 Apr 2017
New items are highlighted with an asterisk Manifesto pledges – Conservatives It will be interesting to see what commitments emerge in the Conservative manifesto given the difficulties that the current Government has had with some of the 2015 pledges. First Generation to leave our environment better than we found it’ It will be interesting to […]
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 […]
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