09 Mar 2021
Marine Pioneer – final Summary and Recommendations accessible online The interactive pdf can be accessed here The Marine Pioneer programme used collaborative partnership over three years to explore how to deliver the ambition and goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan. This document provides summaries of eight topics; how to apply a marine natural capital […]
02 Feb 2021
Despite much attention given to documenting spillover from MPAs, relatively few studies have attempted to quantify the extent to which increases in the density and size structure of animals along the borders of MPAs influences fishing behaviour, total landings, and revenue. This recently published paper in Nature reports the result from a study which tested […]
26 Jan 2021
Learning from the Marine Pioneer – Aisling Lannin Marine Management Organisation E: aisling.lannin@marinemanagement.org.uk The Marine Pioneer was set up by Defra to test the approaches outlined in the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP). The 25YEP’s vision is to improve the environment in a generation and it states that to achieve this we need to make […]
24 Nov 2020
Reality seems to be dawning – last week it was the fishing industry complaining about the increase in forms they’d have to use to export to Europe New Economics Foundation (NEF Blog): Deal or No Deal? Are the scales now tipping back in favour of the status quo for UK fishing? Chris Williams 19th […]
17 Nov 2020
Chief Islander James Glass reflects on the implementation of Tristan’s Marine Protection Zone – announced on Friday 13th November 2020 Situated in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of the Roaring Forties, lies a group of islands unknown to most of the world’s population. Tristan da Cunha covers a small land […]
27 Oct 2020
Marine planning is important for many areas, and not just those at sea. It relates to planning decisions for the coast, estuaries and tidal waters (which sometimes extend a long distance inland), as well as developments that impact on these areas, such as infrastructure. Marine planning has important links and interactions with land-use planning. For […]
27 Oct 2020
Managing fishing in marine protected areas MMO ‘Our seas have a great variety of marine life and habitats, many of which are rare and of national importance. Marine protected areas (MPAs) help make sure that these are guarded from the increasing pressures of human activity. There are over 175 MPAs in English waters. These include […]
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