Thanks to David Curtis for keeping me posted on these developments SAVE OUR SEA BASS November 2017 Update Fishing for Sea Bass Is Not A Crime – Don’t Let The EU Make It One! The EU wants to make it illegal for the public to catch or keep a single sea bass in 2018. But […]
Natural Course – our progress so far… Over two years ago the Natural Course project began its 10-year journey on the EU LIFE funded project. Since starting the project in October 2015, a few highlights include hosting a Water Platform event and supporting the GM Natural Capital Group Annual Conference, planting 12,000 trees, surveying 40km […]
The European Commission will present by the end of 2017 a Strategy on Plastics as part of the Circular Economy Action Plan; one of its components will address leakages of plastic to the environment. As inputs for the Strategy, the Commission has launched studies investigating all sources of micro-plastics and options to reduce their emissions. […]
Shaping a prosperous future for nautical tourism in Europe The Commission published a Staff Working Document on Nautical Tourism. Nautical tourism includes activities in coastal and offshore marine waters, e.g. boating, yachting, boat-based angling and wildlife watching, kayaking as well as other harbour and marina-based activities. This sector can provide economic opportunities for coastal communities, […]
EU Science Hub: The European Commission has published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe showing how different water management choices, as well as other factors such as waste management, climate change and even food preferences, affect the long-term sustainability of water use in cities. The new atlas – the first of its kind – illustrates […]
The European Commission adopted yesterday the ‘Action plan for nature, people and the economy’ which followed the nature directives fitness-check. The Action plan aims to substantially improve the implementation of nature directives, working in close partnership with Member States and different stakeholder communities across the EU to deliver practical results on the ground by 2019. […]
Details of the next rounds of EMFF funds which cover: MMO ‘There are different eligibility requirements depending on who you are and what project you are applying for. In general, to qualify for EMFF funds your project needs to support the overall aims of the EMFF which are to: make the fisheries and aquaculture sectors more sustainable conservation of […]
European Marine Habitats red List – IUCN & EU For the first time, a comprehensive assessment of European habitats has been carried out, providing a clear picture of the state of the 490 habitats in 35 countries across Europe, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean Sea, and in neighbouring coastal waters of the North […]