18 Oct 2022
A giant 900lb (408kg) tuna believed to be the biggest fish ever caught in Welsh waters has been landed by an angler. Simon Batey and friend Jason Nott caught the Atlantic bluefin tuna off the Pembrokeshire coast. The huge 9ft (2.82m) fish was caught, measured and then released. Campaigners said Welsh waters now […]
18 Oct 2022
Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, new research finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times. Researchers as CSIRO, the Australian government’s scientific research centre, found that 740,000km of […]
18 Oct 2022
The Parliamentary Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is to hold a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of shellfish washing up on beaches in the North East of England since October 2021. The FishFocus website reported that there have been conflicting theories about the reason for the deaths of the crabs and lobsters. […]
18 Oct 2022
Adult European Eels tracked to the Sargasso Sea for the first time, unravelling a mystery that has perplexed scientists for centuries. Scientists have unravelled a mystery surrounding one of nature’s most incredible journeys. The journey of European eels to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea is up to 10,000km and has long […]
13 Oct 2022
Environmental charity Thames21 is calling for the government to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up in the River Thames. The charity is making the call as it launches its second Big Wet Wipe Count of the year. Wet wipes […]
13 Oct 2022
The UK’s first-ever Autumn Water Watch has been launched to help assess the health and quality of the nation’s freshwater environments. Running from Friday 14 October until Sunday 16 October, the Autumn Water Watch calls on people up and down the UK to spend just 15 minutes observing their local waters in the form of a […]
13 Oct 2022
The Wildlife Trusts are concerned to learn that regulation changes could see more manure being spread on our land due to a 3 month delay on a crucial piece of legislation. The Wildlife Trusts said that ‘We already know that agriculture pollution is more significant in the pollution of our rivers than sewerage. The Water Resources […]
13 Oct 2022
Aileen Armstrong, Senior Director, Company Performance and Price Controls at Ofwat, is warning that current concerns and headlines in the media about the UK water sector are not going to go away without real change and that the pressure is only going to intensify over the coming months. In a speech to delegates at the […]
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