31 Mar 2020
Niall Benson: ‘The National Lottery Heritage Fund is showcasing its commitment to coastal and marine heritage in the North of England by awarding £2.78m to the Tyne to Tees, Shores and Seas Partnership scheme – the only scheme of its kind to be supported by The Fund. The grant will allow an exciting and long-anticipated […]
31 Mar 2020
Thanks to Louise Rutterford for sending this through Global study shows how marine species respond as oceans warm A short film illustrating the findings is available here: https://youtu.be/DmDq1DtppIQ A global analysis of over 300 marine species spanning more than 100 years, shows that mammals, plankton, fish, plants and seabirds have been changing in abundance as […]
31 Mar 2020
MMO ‘Background to the East Marine Plans, monitoring approach and reporting Executive summary 1. This report reviews the impact of the East Inshore and East Offshore Marine Plans (the East Marine Plans) since their adoption in April 2014, and the first Three-year Report on the East Marine Plans (the Three-year Report) published in April 2017. […]
26 Mar 2020
Covid 19 and fisheries. Jerry Percy, Director of the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association [NUTFA] gives a personal view. The impact of the Coronavirus has almost overnight largely decimated those companies reliant on high end products such as dive caught scallops, lobster and crab, whilst prices for the main finfish species have crashed. The vast […]
26 Mar 2020
Guardian Water facilities and the coronavirus Decades of chronic underfunding of water infrastructure is putting many countries at worse risk in the coronavirus crisis, with more than half the global population lacking access to safely managed sanitation, experts said as the UN marked World Water Day on Sunday. Good hygiene – soap and water – are the […]
26 Mar 2020
Hot on the heals of the Environment Agency water resources strategy NAO produce a report highlighting the issues Water supply and demand management – National Audit Office ‘The government must take more concerted action now to prevent parts of southern England running out of water within 20 years, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) […]
26 Mar 2020
Environment Agency strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use We reviewed the current regulatory regime for sludge treatment, storage and use. We looked at the advantages and disadvantages of 4 options. The option we selected will bring sludge and septic tank sludge into the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR). We aim to do […]
26 Mar 2020
Launch of major ‘source to sea’ natural flood risk management and habitat creation scheme drive Environment Agency – A wide-reaching ‘source to sea’ natural flood risk management and habitat creation scheme for the River Don was launched yesterday with a day of tree planting. Richard Emmmott of Yorkshire Water, Liz Ballard of Sheffield & Rotherham […]
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