04 Dec 2017
Bob Earll It has been a remarkable week for the campaign against single use plastics and the need for deposit return schemes [see plastic bottle tracker PBT] On Dec 1st the Daily Mail carried in its front page article news that further supermarkets, M&S and Waitrose are thinking of breaking rank with the British Retail […]
04 Dec 2017
Thanks to Richard White for the heads-up on these: The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee are carrying out an inquiry into ‘…how potential changes to the fisheries and seafood trading arrangements between the UK and the EU will affect fishers, seafood processors, consumers, coastal communities and the environment. ‘ Two session collecting oral evidence […]
04 Dec 2017
Natural England: the following marine SPAs which are now fully classified: Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl SPA Following the consultation on the proposed marine extension to the Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area (SPA) (please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/liverpool-bay-bae-lerpwl-special-protection-area-extension-comment-on-proposals), Natural England submitted the Consultation Report to Government during the summer 2017. We wanted to write […]
04 Dec 2017
Thanks to David Curtis for keeping me posted on these developments SAVE OUR SEA BASS November 2017 Update Fishing for Sea Bass Is Not A Crime – Don’t Let The EU Make It One! The EU wants to make it illegal for the public to catch or keep a single sea bass in 2018. But […]
04 Dec 2017
Arctic nations and fishing powers sign ‘historic’ agreement on fishery Officials from five Arctic countries and five major distant fishing powers reached an “unprecedented” agreement Thursday on a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from unregulated fishing. Radio Canada International Once signed, the agreement […]
04 Dec 2017
South West Marine Ecosystems Annual Report 2016 This is the third in the series of annual reports on the observations of species, ecology and ecosystems for a specific year. The report covers oceanography, plankton, seabed species, fish, birds and turtles, seals and cetaceans. Management issues from inshore fisheries and protected areas and plastics are also […]
29 Nov 2017
MILFORD HAVEN WATERWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE GROUP PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND GROUP SUPPORT Invitation to tender Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Surveillance Group is a collaborative group of industry, statutory authorities and others with an interest in the environmental quality of the Waterway. Its main purpose is to provide high quality environmental information to enable members of the […]
29 Nov 2017
In his 2017 Autumn Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged to build an economy “fit for the future” by announcing new air quality funding, tax incentives for electric cars, and measures to combat plastic waste. Hammond dedicated much more time to the green economy than previous Budget announcements; also covering off diesel tax, driverless vehicles and […]
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