20 Jul 2015

Marine Stewardship Council: The MSC Global Fisheries Sustainability Fund supports critical fishery science research and projects. The fund launched in July 2015 with an initial allocation of £400,000, split over two years. What the fund is for The fund is aimed at strengthening knowledge and capacity to assist small scale and developing world fisheries in their […]

20 Jul 2015

EdieNet: ‘Plans to build the world’s longest electricity interconnector between the UK and Norway took a step forward yesterday, with £1.5bn of contracts awarded to three energy infrastructure companies. The subsea interconnector, expected to be 740km long, will allow the two countries to share surplus renewable energy. The project is a joint venture between National […]

20 Jul 2015

A number of fishermen on the Sussex coast are reporting catches of non-native lobsters (Canadian Homarus americanus) and crabs (Metacarcinus magister) in an area in the vicinity of Brighton on the Sussex coast. The MMO would like to ask that anyone who catches non-native lobsters or crabs keeps the animals (regardless of size) and reports […]

20 Jul 2015

I missed this when it came out – masked by the election – but this article written at the end of March by Rob Cunningham raises serious questions. RSPB ‘Our rivers are among our most iconic landscapes, but in England, at least, all is not well. This article looks at the numbers and they don’t […]

20 Jul 2015

Thanks to Bruce Horton for this article. ‘AquaMark is the largest and most ambitious water benchmarking project to have ever been undertaken in Britain.The ground breaking scheme will deliver over 500 different building benchmark classifications for water and greatly assist participating organisations in meeting many of their sustainability, corporate social responsibility and financial objectives. Putting […]