28 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock Orkney Crab has become the first fishery in the world to achieve certification against the Community Catch standard, a scheme designed to give small-scale, community-based fisheries a credible and affordable route to independent sustainability assurance. The certification, announced by global assurance body NSF on 13 July, recognises the fishery’s environmental practices, […]
28 Jul 2026
SMEEF Taking Flight Round 2 open for applications SMEEF is pleased to announce the launch of the second round of open funding from the Seabirds Resilience Fund. ‘Taking Flight’ is designed to accelerate progress against the Scottish Seabird Conservation Action Plan and its aim of maximising seabird prospects and building resilience in seabird populations. Taking […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock Every commercial fisherman in the UK should be granted a permanent, tradable share of the national catch, according to a new paper from the free-market Adam Smith Institute, which argues that the current system leaves the majority of the fleet dependent on short-term handouts and does little to arrest long-term stock […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock A team led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £939,434 by Natural England to run one of the most detailed investigations yet in English waters into three of the country’s most vulnerable shark species. The three-year project, which will run from July 2026 to March 2029, will focus on […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock A new byelaw prohibiting anchoring across the entire Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA) will come into force on 30 July, the Marine Management Organisation has confirmed. The measure covers all 28 square kilometres of the site, which sits off the north-west coast of Cumbria in the Irish Sea, and […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock The Scottish Government has granted consents and marine licences for the Caledonia North and South offshore wind farms in the outer Moray Firth, allowing developer Ocean Winds to progress plans for a two-gigawatt project. The two sites will cover a combined 429 square kilometres and are permitted to install up to […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock The most comprehensive UK-wide assessment yet of where and how sensitive marine species are being accidentally caught in fishing gear has been published by Clean Catch, the Defra-funded bycatch mitigation programme. The literature review and a shorter policy brief identify four broad hotspot fisheries in UK waters, set out the species most at risk in each, […]
21 Jul 2026
Photo Credit: AdobeStock Work to remove the three masts from the SS Richard Montgomery, the American Second World War Liberty ship that sank in the Thames Estuary in 1944 with 1,400 tonnes of unexploded munitions still on board, will begin in early September, the Department for Transport has confirmed. The £9.5 million operation, which […]
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