10 Apr 2025

Image description: A wading curlew foraging in water. Image by Rober So / Pexels.   New planning reforms could push species towards extinction and destroy precious habitats, the UK’s leading nature organisations have warned the government. The heads of over 30 UK conservation groups have written to Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed and Housing […]

10 Apr 2025

    Marine Energy Wales Conference 2025 Date: 7 May – 8 May 2025 Location: All Nations Centre, Cardiff Wales’s leading marine energy conference returns in 2025, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and supply chain businesses to explore the latest developments in tidal, wave, and floating offshore wind. Now in its seventh year, MEW2025 […]

10 Apr 2025

Industry Engagement Manager – Wales Job status: This is a full-time, permanent role. Location: The job will be home based and will involve frequent travel across Wales and throughout the UK, principally to the Seafish offices in Edinburgh and Grimsby. Salary: The starting salary for this role is £41,000 per year. Closing date: 6 May […]

08 Apr 2025

Administration Officer Contract type: Fixed term / Part-time: Flexible work patterns can be facilitated Closing date: 17:00 on Sunday 18th May 2025 The Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) is the national trade association for the creel fishing industry, a traditional and sustainable form of coastal fishing for shellfish that supports more jobs around the coastline […]

08 Apr 2025

 Image description: A row of offshore wind turbines on the horizon. Image by Thomas G. / Pixabay.   Offshore wind supply chain and port infrastructure set for £15m boost  The second round of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator is focused on funding for crucial development of manufacturing facilities and port infrastructure to enable […]

08 Apr 2025

Image description: A survey boat passing in front of a row of offshore wind turbines. Image by Bente Jønsson / Pixabay.   UK fisheries being ‘squeezed’ out  Evidence presented to the recent Environmental Audit Committee revealed increasing concern from Members of Parliament and industry observers over the cumulative impact of UK government marine policy on […]

08 Apr 2025

Image description: A plastic bottle, polystyrene and driftwood on a sandy beach. Image by Catherine Sheila/ Pexels.   Not a single inch of the Mediterranean is clean  A new study has shone a light on one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists captured […]

08 Apr 2025

Image description: Close-up shot of hands holding an angling rod. Photo by Laura Stanley / Pexels.   Weighing up to 100 kg and stretching the length of a dinner table, flapper skate are at the centre of one of the largest citizen-science projects in British waters. The Guardian recently reported how sea anglers in Scotland […]