11 Aug 2026
Photo by Paul Carroll Plans to establish large-scale salmon farming in the Falkland Islands have divided the archipelago’s 3,500-strong population, with opponents now calling for a referendum after losing confidence in a government consultation they say is skewed towards the industry. What’s being proposed Unity Marine, a joint venture between local fishing company Fortuna […]
11 Aug 2026
Photo by Juan Pablo Ahumada Four studies produced by ORE Catapult, the UK’s leading innovation centre for offshore renewable energy, were presented in Santiago this week, setting out recommendations to help Chile build a competitive offshore wind sector. The reports, commissioned by the British Embassy Santiago and funded by the UK’s Department for Business […]
11 Aug 2026
Photo by Phil Hearing Two whales that washed up and died on the north Norfolk coast between Mundesley and Trimingham on Monday 4 August remain unidentified more than a week later, after experts from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) said the animals looked unlike any known example of their initially suspected species. A […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by NOAA A major new scientific review has found that climate change is already driving large-scale shifts in the plankton communities that underpin UK marine food webs, with knock-on risks for fisheries, seabirds and the ocean’s ability to store carbon. A landmark rolling review The study, from the UK’s Marine Climate Change Impacts […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Ben Elliott The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has launched a push to improve public understanding of the legal protections around Britain’s two native seahorse species, warning divers, snorkellers and film crews that intentionally disturbing them without a licence could result in enforcement action. Both the spiny or long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) and […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Ray Harrington Permission has been refused for this year’s guga hunt, the centuries-old harvest of young gannets on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, after NatureScot’s board concluded the cull could harm a gannet population still recovering from avian flu. The decision, confirmed on 3 August, brings to a halt Scotland’s last remaining […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Raul Ling A public consultation has opened on a draft Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) for the Irish Sea’s demersal fisheries, setting out proposed measures to rebuild depleted cod and whiting stocks while reviewing how Nephrops, the region’s most valuable catch, is managed in future. A joint plan across three administrations The draft Demersal […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Nicholas Doherty Seatrium Offshore Renewable Services (ORS) has started construction of a new strategic operations hub in Lowestoft, investing in a facility that will underpin its delivery of major European offshore wind programmes, including four converter platforms for grid operator TenneT and ongoing work on RWE’s Sofia wind farm. A hub for […]
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