fishEIA Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

02 Oct 2017

Huge Offshore Mussel Farm planned in Lyme Bay – How big for an EIA?

Bob Earll: Two articles below on the thinking for offshore mussel culture in the south coast of Devon and the changes on biodiversity. The issue is one of scale and there is a huge difference between a small scale operation and one the size of ‘Heathrow airport’. The scale of this development poses a number […]

02 Oct 2017

Pity no EIA exists for fisheries – the ultimate disruptive business model

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Pity no EIA approach exists for fisheries – the ultimate disruptive business In Silicon Valley they call this the disruptive business model. Your change the world first, think Uber and Airbnb, then let the regulators play catch-up. The fishing industry have been doing this for years destroying the environment and species populations first and then […]