22 Dec 2017
Annwyl Gyfaill Ymgynghoriad ar Gynllun Morol Cenedlaethol Cymru Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn awyddus i glywed eich barn am fersiwn ddrafft o’n cynllun morol cyntaf sy’n cael ei chyhoeddi at ddibenion ymgynghori. Mae’r cynllun yn esbonio sut y byddwn yn mynd ati i reoli’r gwaith o ddatblygu’n moroedd mewn ffordd gynaliadwy, gan […]
21 Dec 2017
Call for Proposals December 2017 Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) is pleased to announce a call for proposals in 6 different project areas: Code Short Title FIS024 Intelligent fishing: Next steps for improving underwater selectivity FIS025 Novel approaches to fish catching and surveying using traps FIS026 Fishing strategies to manage benthic footprint FIS027 Innovations in energy […]
18 Dec 2017
Chris Rose in a detailed report highlights how the plastics industry have side tracked this issue and why we now have problem on this scale. THE most thoughtful report on the plastics pollution problem to date. Why We Suddenly Have A Plastics Crisis The UN has acknowledged that we have a ‘plastics crisis’ and on December […]
18 Dec 2017
Scottish Fishermen’s Federation set their response in relation to Brexit Client Earth https://www.clientearth.org/2018-fishing-limits-set-high-herring-whiting-ministers-continue-ignore-science/ Pew: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/ending-overfishing-in-northwestern-europe Marine Conservation Society Fishing levels continue to be set too high in penultimate December council meeting before date set for Brexit says UK’s leading marine charity Following the annual fisheries negotiations at the European Council of Ministers in Brussels to […]
18 Dec 2017
Thanks to Keith Hiscock for this news. Persist with the Plymouth Herald site you’ll get to the video eventually. This article describes the still shocking realities of discarding of bass and the candid video of a local Plymouth fisherman. Fishermen have thrown £120k of dead fish back in sea in a week The fisherman say […]
18 Dec 2017
Blue Planet and Brexit for animals: inside the Tory ‘green conservatism’ master plan Spectator ‘One of the things MPs complain about when it comes to Brexit – aside from its handling by the government – is that it means there is little time left for the Conservatives to pursue much in the terms of domestic […]
18 Dec 2017
Piers Larcombe: ‘Please find attached a paper, by Peter Ridd & I, that appeared late last week today in Marine Pollution Bulletin online, about problems with Quality Control in science in general with the case examples being the Great Barrier Reef. It discusses the inadequacy of peer review and proposes the establishment of an Institute of […]
12 Dec 2017
The EA has opened a new consultation on significant increases and other changes to their charging schemes for the April 2018-2023 period, which will set rates for the cost of: Permits Subsistence charges for regulation Advice during application and advice. This is a move towards full cost recovery for the EA’s work. it could impact […]
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