20 May 2025
Image: Forth Railway Bridge by Sean Kuriyan Another 10,000 European flat oysters have been successfully reintroduced into the Firth of Forth, bringing the total number planted over the past four years to 40,000. The project has seen significant success so far, with the reintroduced oysters reported to be thriving in their new habitat. Encouragingly, […]
25 Jan 2025
The materials used to protect wind turbines from corrosion leach into the surrounding water, which could pose risks to ecosystems, seafood safety and human health, new research from the University of Portsmouth has found. Offshore wind farms release thousands of tonnes of metals such as aluminium, zinc and indium each year. This is expected to […]
10 Dec 2024
Scientists have revealed that the native oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has been declared ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives across Europe. Using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Framework, a new study has concluded the European native oyster reef ecosystem type is collapsed, with no locations remaining in Europe where […]
05 Oct 2024
Oysters once formed extensive reefs along much of Europe’s coastline – but these complex ecosystems were destroyed over a century ago, with the advent of steam ships with powerful dredges accelerating their disappearance through overharvesting, new research shows. Researchers found past evidence of reefs almost everywhere, from Norway to the Mediterranean, covering at least 1.7 million […]
01 Oct 2024
The Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group has published a series of seven reports. Commissioned by the leaders of the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru through the 2021 Cooperation Agreement, the reports aim to renew and rapidly accelerate Wales’s approach to achieving net zero. The Group is led and Chaired by the former Welsh Assembly […]
05 Sep 2024
The Royal Navy is helping to reintroduce oysters to the Solent after nearly half a century thanks to a unique project opposite Portsmouth Naval Base. European flat oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent through a joint MOD conservation project aiming to boost marine life and help clean the waters of the strait between the […]
03 Sep 2024
European flat oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent through a joint MOD conservation project aiming to boost marine life and help clean the waters of the strait between the Isle of Wight and the Hampshire coast. It is hoped that the re-introduction of 2,000 oysters to the area after nearly half a century will […]
21 May 2024
A new report sheds light on the future impacts of climate change on marine species across the United Kingdom. Focussing on 21 marine species listed as ‘threatened’ or ‘declining’, ranging from sharks and rays to seahorses and oysters, predictive models were used to forecast the impacts of climate change on ‘habitat suitability’. Factors such as […]
