Britain’s leading green energy company today welcomed the Government’s review of tidal lagoon energy – and announced that it is ready to take part in the review and to compete to build the first tidal lagoon energy site in Britain. The company, which will release details of its plans later this year, believes it can […]
The reason Hinkley Point is important is that UK’s current energy policy is based almost solely around it being built to help meet the shortfall in baseload. This decision has huge consequences on the rest of the UK’s investment not least in renewables. EDF have responded quickly to say that a decision on Hinkley Point […]
Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) Elizabeth’s Riddliford – FIMETI is delighted to share the news that members of the public are now being asked to give their views on the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research MPA proposal as part of a public consultation which opened on 1st March, 2016 and which runs until […]
The case illustrates both effective monitoring and use of the points system …’The court was also told that, as a result of these offences, six points per offence will be applied to the vessel’s fishing vessel licence in accordance with the provisions of the EU control regulation (EC) 1224/2009 and in accordance with the MMO’s […]
Twenty-two reports covering this major SEA in relation to both oil and gas and renewables. Consultation closes on April 29th The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan/programme to enable future renewable leasing for offshore wind, wave and tidal devices and licensing/leasing for seaward […]
Sometimes I catch up with things horribly late – this time it is 6 months. The Green – Blue celebrated its 10th anniversary in September 2015. Keeping projects like this going is a major challenge and they are to be congratulated. They continue to produce useful guidance and support for the freshwater and marine recreational […]
Two perspectives on marine planning the first from Alec Taylor of WWF-UK on the need for more ambition, and the second illustrating the recognition being given to MSP on a global scale by the industry body the World Ocean Council. 1. Marine planning needs to be more ambitious in 2016 Alec Taylor Blog WWF-UK – […]
Whilst the breakthroughs in satellite tracking have given us a much clearer understanding of basking shark movements and feeding behaviour understanding the size of the European – Atlantic basking shark population remains a huge challenge. This is an interesting paper because it uses mark – recapture approaches to assess the size of basking shark populations. […]