10 Sep 2024
As part of making plans for the future, we’ve been working to define what OCF stands for – who we are, what we do, and what we believe in. We think deciding on these will help keep us on track as we expand the range of activities we are involved in. So, beginning with who […]
10 Sep 2024
OSPAR’s Quality Status Report 2023 showed that marine birds continue to be in trouble due to the effects of climate change and other pressures resulting from human activities such as mortality, habitat loss and degradation. In direct response to this assessment countries from around the North-East Atlantic together with the European Union have adopted an […]
10 Sep 2024
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging sea anglers and commercial fishers to share their views on the future management of wrasses, black seabream and gilthead bream. Credit: MMO Potential Management Measures MMO is leading development of new Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) for the species in English waters. It has launched a short online survey […]
10 Sep 2024
Marine conservation and education charity, the Scottish Seabird Centre, based in East Lothian, was thrilled to receive a grant of £249,685 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund earlier this year. The funding has been awarded to improve the overall sustainability of the Charity’s operations, develop partnerships with business and to better steward and grow its […]
10 Sep 2024
The Earth Observation for Marine and Climate Mission (EO4MCM) development programme is part of a wider £15 million government investment announced in 2022. It aims to identify and develop instruments for applications relating to climate change, maritime and net zero, which are suitable for deployment on constellations of small satellites. The EO4MCM projects will be […]
10 Sep 2024
New technology built at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) that can measure the smallest trace of light beneath the ocean surface has revealed photosynthesis occurring at greater depths than previously believed. The discovery is part of a new international study recently published in Nature Communications that shows how the photosynthetic potential of phytoplankton […]
05 Sep 2024
In a recent article, we looked back at how OCF has evolved from CMS. We’ve worked hard in that time to bring practitioners together as a community, and create a wider network of experts and stakeholders to benefit our sector. We’re now looking to build on the progress we’ve made. We intend to grow and […]
05 Sep 2024
Wastewater treatment works’ process emissions: optimisation of current processes As the monitoring of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the UK & Irish water industries is increasingly built into regulatory requirements, there is a need to limit the emissions linked with wastewater treatment works’ (WWTWs’) operational practices. The aim of this project was to set out […]
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