14 Aug 2017
This set of documents would be astonishingly helpful to anyone want to comment on the Fisheries Bill and what it might contain. Fishing regulations: The Blue Book The Fisheries Blue Book is a single collection of UK and EU laws. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) tries to maintain The Blue Book with up-to-date legislation but cannot […]
14 Aug 2017
Welsh Government must provide leadership to protect our marine environments 09/08/2017 ‘The Welsh Government needs to take a stronger lead to safeguard our marine environments for future generations, a National Assembly Committee says. Mike Hedges, Chair of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, launched the report at the National Eisteddfod. The report into the […]
14 Aug 2017
Devon & Severn IFCA Wrasse Fishery Guidance click here to read Southern Wrasse Fishery Guidance Southern IFCA has a duty to manage the exploitation of sea fisheries resources in the coastal waters of Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to ensure a sustainable marine environment and inshore fisheries, by successfully securing the right […]
14 Aug 2017
Blog by David Hart QC takes a look at the Brexit Bill The Great Repeal Bill has shrunk more prosaically into the EUWB, but its task is technically arduous. The easy bit is clause 1: the European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on (Br)exit day. Job done? No. Job hardly started. European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and Explanatory […]
09 Aug 2017
For those people working with farmers this could provide a valuable source of funding for all sorts of projects in relation to farm scale improvements that support catchment work. Defra highlight on-farm reservoirs and using water more efficiently. Defra: ‘Funding for rural businesses that will generate thousands of jobs and provide new support to expand […]
09 Aug 2017
Bob Earll: For my generation George Orwell’s books ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm’ were key reading and masterpieces of how words and communication were controlled for the good of the state. Although this is nothing new and Ian Hislop’s Orwell lecture highlighted that in the time when they were written Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were […]
09 Aug 2017
Linking policy into practice EEA’ According to the European Environment Agency, a better mix of measures including pricing and awareness campaigns is needed to improve the sustainability of water use. The briefing summarises the main findings of a new assessment, coordinated by the EEA, which focuses on how household water demand is managed — […]
09 Aug 2017
Once about a time the monks built their toilets over carp ponds to enrich the water. A modern day version of combining the culture of herbivorous fish – Tilapia – could use the by-product of using algae to polish waste water. Making the links between innovations Aquaponics venture GrowUp Urban Farms is producing its target of […]
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