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01 Jun 2021

MarineNews

With fundamentally important scientific questions and issues to be tackled in the coming years, Cefas have launched a new Fisheries International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) which aims to become the international go-to source of advice for successful fisheries management. The key objectives of the Centre will be to advance, apply and share expertise in fisheries science and advice to further fisheries sustainability; showcase and strengthen Cefas’ end-to-end and quality-assured […]

01 Jun 2021

MarineNews

The recording of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries’ recent webinar #FishingAndWind event, which explored how the fisheries and offshore wind sectors can collaborate and ensure optimal marine planning outcomes for all involved, is now live on the APPGF website, alongside summaries of speakers’ answers to questions from Parliamentarians and attendees.   Click here Dickon Howell, Howell Marine Consulting and […]

01 Jun 2021

MarineNews

Billed as a discussion with Dr. Sylvia Earle and the co-directors of Seaspiracy, “Going Deep with Seaspiracy” was hosted as part of Earle’s Mission Blue’s Blue Hope series; the recording is available here. Perhaps a mild health warning is needed before viewing.  Whilst many valid issues are raised and strong points made, overall it is a disappointingly disjointed […]

01 Jun 2021

MarineNews

A new study from McGill University suggests that while some Icelandic Orcas have very high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their blubber, others from the same population have levels of PCBs that are much lower, with a 300-fold difference between the levels of PCBs among the most contaminated Orcas compared to the least contaminated […]

25 May 2021

NewsWater

Damning articles, though the main source of microplastics is from manufacturing (spills), tyres, road markings and from washing of clothes made from synthetic materials. From the BBC, Wastewater is ‘polluting rivers with microplastic’ Untreated wastewater “routinely released into UK rivers” is creating microplastic hotspots on riverbeds. That is the conclusion of a study in Greater […]

25 May 2021

NewsWater

From Utility Week Kwarteng gives update on prime minister’s 10-point plan Ed Miliband has branded the Green Homes Grant “the policy that dared not speak its name” after the cancelled housing decarbonisation scheme was ignored in today’s government progress report on the prime minister’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution. The shadow business and […]

25 May 2021

NewsWater

A suite of new reports providing further support for natural solutions. First up, a British Ecological Society report, Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK. The report provides examples of opportunities for nature-based solutions across a range of habitats, as well as discussion of some of the complexities involved in planning for nature-based solutions. […]

25 May 2021

NewsWater

From Utility Week Carbon offsetting has come under criticism as being a bit of a cop out on the journey to net zero but for essential process emissions, a need to offset remains. Peter Simpson talked to Utility Week Live about the benefits of localised offsetting and why Anglian was not taking the easiest option. […]