North Sea cod has entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment – widely regarded as the ultimate test of seafood sustainability. The move has been organised by a coalition of fishing organisations, supermarkets, seafood brands, and the seafood industry body Seafish following significant efforts to improve the stock by Scottish and English fishermen. The assessment process could […]
Invitation To Tender – Underwater Impulsive Sound Modelling Study – DECC (OESEA Programme) Hartley Anderson Ltd., on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, is currently welcoming applications to tender for a study to model underwater sound propagation during geophysical surveys and predict received sound levels for marine mammals. Several seismic survey […]
This is open and it will be interesting to see how it compares to the recommendations of the recently released Worsfold report on investment in flood infrastructure. Environment Agency’s Response to the Infrastructure UK peer review of flood and coastal risk management Environmental Audit Committee – EAC: Following another winter of severe UK floods, EAC […]
National infrastructure assessment consultation includes water, sewerage and flood defences NIC ‘The National Infrastructure Commission has launched a consultation into the process and methodology of the National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA). In its plan to establish the National Infrastructure Commission, the government set out a responsibility for the commission to: analyse the UK’s long-term economic infrastructure needs […]
STC ‘For the first time our once pristine, gin-clear English chalkstreams and rivers have been put under the microscope in a national survey to compare and investigate whether they are as healthy as they should be. And the results are truly shocking. The 2015 Riverfly Census, undertaken by Salmon & Trout Conservation UK (S&TC UK) […]
Thanks to Richard Ashley for this report. Arcadis: This report seeks to expand on our annual Sustainable Cities Index to focus solely on water and identify which city is harnessing its water assets for the greatest long term advantage. It is our hope that city leaders find this ranking to be a valuable tool in […]
There is no doubt that the water industry is in a very good position in relation to anaerobic digestion with it’s expertise, the resource from sewage sludge and the potential to make significant contributions to supplying base load energy supply. Three articles: 1. Decc has published its proposals for capacity market reform. It will launch […]
The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland have published a series of guidance notes entitled ‘Managing River Restoration: Gearing Up For The Management of River Restoration’. These documents will help to equip organisations with the necessary tools for the governance and management of river restoration projects, particularly those that utilise public funds. These guidance notes are intended to […]