31 Mar 2026
North Sea drilling row erupts as Conservatives launch ‘Get Britain Drilling’ campaign
Photo by Galen Crout Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has launched a “Get Britain Drilling” campaign, calling on the government to lift its moratorium on new North Sea oil and gas licences as rising global energy prices – triggered by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – intensify the political debate over domestic fossil […]
31 Mar 2026
UK unveils plans for new offshore wind leasing round for the North Sea
Photo by Rogue Li The Crown Estate has announced plans for a new offshore wind seabed leasing round targeting around 6GW or more of capacity, predominantly off the north-east coast of England. Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6 is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2027, with sites expected to be in water depths suitable […]
31 Mar 2026
Scottish salmon farming: MSPs slam government’s ‘lack of urgency’ as data gaps fuel controversy
Photo by Maja R Scotland’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has sharply criticised the Scottish Government for failing to deliver urgent reforms to salmon farming regulation, warning that progress since its 2025 inquiry has been “disappointing.” In a letter sent to Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon on 25 March, signed by Convener Finlay Carson MSP, the […]
31 Mar 2026
Port Talbot to become floating wind hub for the Celtic Sea
Photo by Waldemar Brandt The UK government has announced a grant of up to £64m to develop Port Talbot into the first port in the Celtic Sea specifically designed to support floating offshore wind. The funding will enable Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, to complete the essential design and engineering work needed […]
31 Mar 2026
Major retailers and manufacturers drop krill products as Antarctic pressure mounts
Photo by Torsten Dederichs Two major European retailers and the first supplement manufacturer have committed to exiting the krill market entirely, in what Sea Shepherd Global describes as a significant and accelerating shift in market forces against the Antarctic krill fishery. Germany’s dm-drogerie markt, Europe’s largest drugstore chain, with more than 4,000 stores across […]
31 Mar 2026
North Sea wind farms are reshaping sediment flows, new study finds
Photo by Sander Weeteling Existing offshore wind farms in the North Sea are already redistributing up to 1.5 million tonnes of mud and associated organic carbon each year, according to new research published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment by scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany. The study, the first to model the combined effects of […]
31 Mar 2026
Landmark protections agreed for sharks and migratory species at UN summit in Brazil
Photo by Ali Abdul Rahman More than 130 governments concluded a week of negotiations in Campo Grande, Brazil on 29 March, agreeing to extend new or upgraded international protections to 40 migratory species at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS CoP15). The marine outcomes […]
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