06 Feb 2017
MPA Welsh Inquiry – Climate change, Environment & Rural Affairs Committee Evidence from Sue Gubbay, Lynda Warren, Steve Fletcher & Tim Glover This session looks at No take zones, the percentage of the Wales coast covered by these and voluntary MPAs. Click here to watch the video The Climate change, Environment & Rural Affairs Committee is carrying […]
14 Jan 2017
Dialectics of nature: The emergence of policy on the management of commercial fisheries in English European Marine Sites Robert Clark, John Humphreys, Jean-Luc Solandt, and Catherine Weller European Marine Sites (EMS), designated under either the Habitats or Birds Directives, protect the biodiversity of the European Union (EU) and contribute to the implementation of the 1992 UN Convention on […]
14 Nov 2016
The latest report in the series by Plymouth University (dated March 2015) has just popped out of the system about a year after it was completed. This and previous reports provide an interesting assessment of change within an area closed to towed gear. Natural England has published ‘Lyme Bay – A case study: Response of […]
24 Oct 2016
BirdLife International proposes protected status for area of the Atlantic identified as vital for marine biodiversity. BirdLife International has presented a proposal to create a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) under OSPAR, the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. If accepted by OSPAR, the MPA will be the first […]
07 Mar 2016
Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) Elizabeth’s Riddliford – FIMETI is delighted to share the news that members of the public are now being asked to give their views on the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research MPA proposal as part of a public consultation which opened on 1st March, 2016 and which runs until […]
25 Jan 2016
Joan Edwards ‘The announcement of an MPA around Ascension Island is great news – but waters closer to home need protection too The New Year got off to a great start with the UK Government’s announcement that it would designate an MPA almost the size of the UK in the waters around Ascension Island. One […]
04 Jan 2016
Marine protected Areas are widely used to safeguard marine ecosystems across Europe. This study investigated the effect of a partially protected areas (PPA) off the coast of Norway on a population of cod (Gadus morhua). The PPA reduced the number of deaths due to fishing, increased survival and stimulated movement to surrounding areas. The authors […]
30 Jul 2015
Details of how fisheries are managed in marine protected areas. MMO: To bring fisheries in line with other activities, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced on the 14 August 2012 a revised approach to managing fishing activities within European marine sites (EMS). This change in approach will promote sustainable fisheries while […]
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