The National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations have launched a research project into the effects of fishing gears on conservation features in MPAs to inform appropriate site management measures. The project has been funded by Seafish and the European Fisheries Fund and will explore whether site specific evidence about fishing gears can be applied to making […]
This mine of information from Bob Harris in the Autumn Demonstration Test Catchment (DTC) newsletter includes: Update on mitigation methods and farm economics Estimating the monetary cost of nutrient and sediment loss at the farm-scale in the River Eden catchment New project – Impacts of different vegetation in riparian buffer strips on hydrology and water […]
MMO July 17th 2015 ‘To ensure it makes effective management decisions, the MMO must maintain a level of technical capability within its own staff alongside a clear strategic approach to ensuring any evidence needs are met both now and in the future. This document sets out Part 1 of the MMO’s Evidence Strategy for 2015 […]
DTC provides a hugely valuable mechanism that enables and encourages the sharing of scientific practice and evidence to support effective catchment management. Click here for more information http://www.demonstratingcatchmentmanagement.net/?cat=1 DTC Conference – report and links to presentations How can we easily understand the ecological responses of aquatic organisms to changes in pollutant fluxes and flows? In […]
From Thomas Cromwell to Sir Humphrey officials and advisors try their best. Their political masters, particularly in election years, can and do resist advice presented to them. Although this video comes from a clearly vested interest promoting solar pv, the evidence – quotes – they have accumulated shows how policy can be implemented even when […]
Bob Earll This article starts with the joke of Japan’s ‘scientific whaling’ and then picks up on the very current issue of electric pulse fisheries and UK’s rush to join the Dutch fleet. We are increasingly familiar with the debate about policy based evidence or evidence based policy. This takes it to the next level […]
UPDATE Defra admits it has no idea about size of solar farm impact on food production Business Green: Written ministerial answer confirms no estimate has been produced as to the amount of land taken out of fruit and veg production to make way for solar farms. The admission will further fuel accusations from across […]
This newsletter edited by Bob Harris is a mine of valuable research results and evidence on catchment management and includes in this one work on: CLICK Here DTC Newsletter Oct 2014 · Extrapolating Field scale mitigation measures for soil erosion · Landscape scape overland flow mapping using LIDAR · Phosphorus mitigation · More evidence of […]