16 Jan 2024

The government has pledged to work with the tidal range sector to explore and take advantage of opportunities provided by tidal lagoons and barrages to reduce the country’s emissions and increase energy security. Tidal range involves building a barrage across a river or estuary, or a lagoon in a bay, then using the tides to […]

22 Jan 2023

From the BBC A flurry of shark species have been caught in the River Mersey estuary as anglers recorded a huge surge in fish populations. Smooth-hound, starry smooth-hound and bull huss sharks were all found in stretches between Howley Weir in Warrington and Perch Rock, Wirral. The sharks were among 37 fish species recorded by […]

18 Jan 2016

Mersey and Medway Maintenance Dredge Protocol Updates: Call for Expressions of Interest Peel Ports Group operates and is the statutory harbour authority for, amongst others, the ports of Liverpool and Sheerness.  The maintenance dredge protocol baseline documents covering these harbour authority areas (i.e. Mersey and Medway-Swale respectively) now need to be updated.  So, too, do […]