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14 Apr 2020

MarineNews

Crown Estate Scotland has today published its three-year plan setting out how it will manage sea, land and coastline for the benefit of Scotland’s communities and businesses. Since being established in 2017, the organisation has fostered new ways of working with local and community partners, supported the growth of offshore renewables and helped develop new […]

14 Apr 2020

MarineNews

The cooling water report SC180004 ‘Nuclear power station cooling water: protecting biota’ has been published this morning on the Government website. The link is provided below. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-power-station-cooling-waters-protecting-biota ‘Nuclear power station cooling waters: protecting biota Project summary SC180004  – Environment Agency Introduction     This study reviewed the recent published literature on the effectiveness and UK applicability of […]

14 Apr 2020

MarineNews

Gillnet fisheries have a notoriously high bycatch rate and so this research may have profound implications for reducing that.  An illuminating idea to reduce bycatch in the Peruvian small-scale gillnet fishery Abstract   Found in the coastal waters of all continents, gillnets are the largest component of small-scale fisheries for many countries. Numerous studies show that […]

14 Apr 2020

MarineNews

Natural England has published nine new draft Conservation Advice packages to enable developers and operators to understand the impact of their proposed development on habitats and species in protected sites across England. These new packages of online advice, now available on the Natural England’s Designated Site System, cover sites which are home to England’s seahorses, black […]

09 Apr 2020

NewsWater

Environment Agency April 7th  Covid-19 Environment Agency prioritises high-risk assets (see below), activities and flood defence construction work The Environment Agency has said that it is prioritising high-risk assets and activities, together with continuing to work on flood defence construction, in its latest operational update on how it is working during the coronavirus emergency.  Regulatory […]