08 Mar 2022
Part A of the Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships scheme opens The Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships scheme is now open for applications for grant funding to develop research proposals (FISP Part A) until midday 25 April. Up to £20k is available per application. The scheme improves and shares knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture by funding data […]
08 Mar 2022
Hull’s new flood defences officially opened. Hull’s new Humber frontage flood defences which provide greater protection to 113,000 homes and businesses, as well as local infrastructure and other public amenities are being officially opened. The £42 million scheme is an investment that makes the city more resilient to the impacts of climate change. On 5 […]
24 Feb 2022
The Government will know it has a problem when the Daily Telegraph starts an environmental campaign. This time it is about raw sewage discharges into rivers to mark the launch of its Clean Rivers Campaign. David Black – Ofwat To: Chairs of Remuneration Committees for all regulated water and wastewater and water-only companies, copied to […]
24 Feb 2022
Published 16 February 2022 The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems. Water and sewerage companies must produce drainage and wastewater management plans (DWMPs) (they must cover a minimum of 25 years) plans looking at current and future capacity, pressures, and […]
22 Feb 2022
Defra have announced £1.4m of funding delivered to projects supporting sustainable fishing and fisheries science across the UK. Eight innovative new projects that will support the UK’s fishing industry to be more productive and sustainable have been awarded a share of £1.4 million. The funding is the first part of the £24 million earmarked from the £100 million […]
22 Feb 2022
For the past two weeks we have covered the news of the outcome of the investigation into the deaths of crabs and lobster in the North East of England. The BBC now reports that the government is investigating after new accounts of dead crabs and lobsters along the North East coast. Defra is to “undertake additional […]
15 Feb 2022
The UK has secured exchanges of opportunities valued at around £5.5 million for the fishing industry through the annual negotiations with the Faroe Islands, providing certainty for the industry on quota for this year. The agreement will allow UK and Faroe vessels to fish in an area of each country’s waters. This year, the UK fishing […]
15 Feb 2022
An area of the River Thames in Oxford and a coastal area in the Isle of Wight have been put forward for bathing water status. Two popular swimming areas in the Isle of Wight and the River Thames in Oxford could become new bathing water sites under plans set out in consultations. Designated bathing waters are coastal or inland […]
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