24 Sep 2024

New research lead by NOAA has shown using data collected by deep ocean robots, called Deep Argo floats, combined with historic data from research vessels has increased confidence that parts of the global deep ocean are warming at a rate of .002 to .004 degrees Celsius each year.   Credit: NOAA   Greg Johnson, an […]

05 Jun 2024

Scottish Water and United Utilities are working with tech group ChangeMaker3D and Manchester Metropolitan University to produce 3D concrete printed infrastructure components. The £1.7 million project is backed by the Ofwat Innovation Fund and can print assets in a matter of hours compared to the several days it would take using traditional methods, achieving carbon […]

16 Apr 2024

New legislation requiring all under-12 metre vessels fishing in English waters to have an operational inshore vessel monitoring system (I-VMS) device, is just months away from being in place it has been announced. The positional data provided by I-VMS devices will aid in ensuring the sustainability of UK fisheries and provide a more thorough understanding […]

30 Jan 2024

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Ocean has published the inquiry report “The Ocean: Inquiry into the Future of Ocean Technology”, which highlights “the huge, potential that ocean technology can bring to UK marine science, discusses the current challenges in developing and scaling ocean technology, and provides key recommendations to Government focused on improving data, […]

20 Oct 2020

Defra seeks views on expanding use of monitoring technology on fishing boats Government to examine roll out of Remote Electronic Monitoring on fishing vessels. Today (Monday 19 October) the Government has opened a call for evidence to examine whether monitoring technology could be used more widely on fishing boats operating in English waters to help support the […]

24 Feb 2019

New technologies have the potential to represent, and indeed define, the lasting legacy of the Blue Belt Programme.  If implemented effectively, with sufficient consideration given as to their application in the context of the fisheries enforcement issues the Overseas Territories seek to address, then new technologies could represent a real ‘game-changer’. On 16 January 2019, […]

04 Jul 2016

28 June 2016   ‘The Science and Technology Committee has decided to examine the implications and opportunities of leaving the EU for science and research. The Chair of the Science and Technology Committee has also written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to highlight Brexit issues for science and research in the UK that should be addressed […]