14 Jun 2021

A Cefas tweet announced a new two page Cefas Science summary briefing and full report just published by Defra which documents and helps understanding the carbon stocks and fluxes of marine “blue carbon” habitats in UK waters. The ocean and climate are closely linked through the global carbon cycle, with marine processes both removing and […]

01 Jun 2021

With fundamentally important scientific questions and issues to be tackled in the coming years, Cefas have launched a new Fisheries International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) which aims to become the international go-to source of advice for successful fisheries management. The key objectives of the Centre will be to advance, apply and share expertise in fisheries science and advice to further fisheries sustainability; showcase and strengthen Cefas’ end-to-end and quality-assured […]

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 […]

29 Sep 2020

Nature – Carbon Management in Shelf Seas ‘Accounting guidelines exist for the recording of carbon flows in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. Shelf sea sediments, while considered an important carbon store, have yet to receive comparable scrutiny. Here, we explore whether effective management of carbon stocks accumulating in shelf seas could contribute towards a nation’s greenhouse […]

16 Jun 2020

Blue Belt Programme Annual Update now published Read about the work of the Blue Belt Programme in UK Overseas Territories in the 2019-2020 annual update.  Earlier this week on World Ocean Day, 8 June, we published our annual update on the achievements and progress of the Blue Belt Programme over the past year.  Lord Zac Goldsmith, Foreign […]

05 May 2020

Assessment of Scallop stock status for selected waters around the English Coast in 2018/2019 Scallop stock assessment 2018/2019 research carried out by Cefas. We are pleased to be able to publish the 3rd annual stock assessment report for the selected King Scallop stocks around the English coast, which has been delivered in close collaboration and […]