EAC Soil Health Report published Report: Soil Health Report: Soil Health (PDF 761KB) EAC ‘Healthy soils (both urban and rural) are important for food production and human wellbeing. Soil health cannot be measured directly, so indicators (physical, chemical, and biological properties, processes, or characteristics) are generally used. These measurable properties of soil or plants provide […]
Lamprey Watch We need your records of lampreys Lamprey website ‘We wish to encourage anyone with access to suitable rivers to look out for lampreys during the spawning season and submit observation records. We would like outdoors enthusiasts and other river users to locate suitable stretches of habitat and spend a little time watching for […]
Marine Stewardship Council: MSC certified fisheries are having lasting, positive impacts on the way our oceans are fished. Our 2016 Global Impacts Report provides a quantitative analysis of the progress made over the last five years. Since 2010, the volume of global wild seafood catch that is MSC certified has almost doubled from 5% to […]
National Geographic celebrate World Oceans Day: Eight innovations that take enable greater protection and more effective management, including The snotbot – a sensing drone to sample whale blows Fishface – a fish identification tool for population assessments Whale alert app – for mariners Skysails – to help reduce 10-30% of cargo ship fuel use Global […]
For World Oceans Day 2016 COAST launched an online premiere of their new film. COAST: We are expecting to gain more visibility of our story, core messages and lessons learnt through our new 4 minute film about COAST called “Arran and the Sea: a community story” which you may remember we filmed a month ago […]
An impressive case study of conservationists and fishermen working together. To mark World Oceans’ Day, the RSPB and Birdlife International are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Albatross Task Force. This is one of our most successful conservation programmes and serves as a powerful reminder of what can be achieved through hard work, expertise, creativity […]
Chris Williams continue to pull together this really useful newsletter summarising important research, policy and developments in fisheries and marine management. Sign up here. Pulse trawl fishing: characteristics of the electrical stimulation and the effect on behaviour and injuries of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) In the North Sea flatfish fishery, electric pulse trawls have been […]
The Environmental Audit Committee publishes report finding that the Government is failing to protect communities at risk of flooding. Report: Flooding: Cooperation across Government Report: Flooding: Cooperation across Government (PDF 1.11 MB) Inquiry: Flooding: Cooperation across Government Environmental Audit Committee Funding for flood defences The Committee warns that a reactive approach to funding for flood defence […]