14 Jul 2015

Marine Aggregate Dredging and the coastlines of Norfolk, Suffolk and the Humber  3 new reports available from BMAPA and The Crown Estate These reports may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/energy-and-infrastructure/research/seabed-and-coastal-research/reports/ And from the BMAPA website at: http://www.bmapa.org/issues/coastal_erosion.php Summary With the growing influence of climate change and increased sea level, the profile […]

13 Jul 2015

Independent: ‘Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished the head of the Russian research […]

13 Jul 2015

Links to the ICES advice, Chris Williams’ latest blog and the MCS response. It will be interesting to see the practical ramifications of these changes to the EU policy for this very important commercial species. 1. Bass blog – Chris Williams – NEF New blog (15th July) Anyone following the fate of sea bass in […]

13 Jul 2015

MMO Marine Planning Newsletter 2.  This newsletter provides a valuable update on a range of issues.  Click here to read more This issues contains news on: The Marine Information System East Plan implementation The South Coast plan and its current state of play Meetings and workshops attended and breifings A round up of recent and […]

13 Jul 2015

Thanks to Sue Gubbay for providing this link.  This is a really interesting and invaluable insight into a very wide range of projects going on in both UK and Europe covering the marine Natura 2000 sites and programmes. It covered MPAs, fisheries interactions, collaborative programmes, highly mobile species. The Natura 2000 biogeographical seminar for the […]

06 Jul 2015

Defra: ‘We appreciate that the implementation of the landing obligation is the biggest change in fisheries management in a generation so plan to give the industry as much as time as possible to familiarise and adapt to the new policy. Therefore we’re aiming to release the full implementation policy and any supporting information in the autumn. We […]