The PDF of the Queen’s speech puts a very little flesh on the bones of the Government’s Brexit plans. No mention of the London Convention in the fisheries section (page 22). At least fisheries is not bodged in with Agriculture. No mention of Environment in the Great Repeal Bill section (page 17) nor the 25 year nature […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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
Bob Earll The Grenfell Tower episode has revealed systematic failings in many areas but seems to me symptomatic of many issues covered routinely by water and environmental interests. This week’s CMS water news reinforces these points on flooding and social deprivation and water abstraction. Now Michael Gove the chief cheer leader for denigrating ‘experts’ is […]
A cross party group of MPs, including the current Water Minister Therese Coffey, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and former Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon, attended a chalk stream discovery day on the River Itchen last week to learn about problems facing all rivers and in particular the English chalk streams. These unique habitats are under […]