22 Sep 2026
Photo by Ben Wicks A formal consultation has opened on plans to remove the topsides of the Ninian Central Platform (NCP), one of the North Sea’s oldest and largest structures, as CNR International (U.K.) Limited (CNRI) begins the next phase of decommissioning the Ninian field. The draft Decommissioning Programme, published for consultation from 17 September, […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Rob Webbon Plans to manufacture floating offshore wind foundations at the Port of Ardersier in the Highlands have taken a step forward after Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) approved more than £778,000 in Scottish Government funding for an 18-month front-end engineering design study. The money, secured with support from Scottish Enterprise’s international arm, will […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Bernd Dittrich The Icelandic government has formally confirmed it will introduce a bill to amend the country’s Whaling Act in February 2027, giving what it describes as “particular consideration” to a permanent ban on commercial whaling. Humane World for Animals (HWA) reports that the revision appears on the government’s published agenda for its 2026-27 […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Andrew Dawes The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and its commercial companies have appointed Mairi Gougeon, former Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, as chief executive-designate. The Fishing Daily reports that Gougeon will join the Federation on 1 October and work alongside current chief executive Elspeth Macdonald during a transition period, before […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Paul Einerhand A new report from Blue Marine Foundation argues that continued overfishing, rather than climate change or other external pressures, remains the dominant force behind the decline of the UK’s fish populations, and that the outcome is a political choice rather than an inevitability. Apocalypse Now: The True Cost of Overfishing, published in September […]
22 Sep 2026
Photo by Chris Jones / Adobe Stock Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has approved up to £6.4m in City Deal funding to launch exploratory development work on a tidal lagoon in the Severn Estuary, a step that could unlock one of the UK’s largest untapped renewable energy resources. The funding, confirmed in mid-September, will support an […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Richard Bell A consumer group has accused supermarkets of “skimpflation” after tins of mackerel sold under some of the UK’s best-known brands turned out to contain an entirely different fish. Princes, which supplies own-label and branded tinned fish to Tesco and Sainsbury’s, has substituted Chilean jack mackerel for Atlantic mackerel across its […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Pete Godfrey The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has set out changes to how it supports habitat restoration projects, after gathering feedback from practitioners who told the regulator the marine licensing system can be difficult to navigate. In a blog post published on 2 September, Adam Tillotson, the MMO’s Regulatory Reform Unit Manager, said […]
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