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 […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Oleksandr Sushko Plans for Sussex’s first commercial seaweed farm have been submitted to Chichester District Council and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), with the entrepreneur behind the scheme hoping it will be the first of many along the county’s coast. From Countryfile to Bracklesham Bay Andrew Payne-Cook, 48, plans to site the […]
04 Aug 2026
Photo by Clement Souchet The French government has awarded almost €260 million to five ports to upgrade the infrastructure needed to manufacture, assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines, in a move that could “strengthen our industrial and energy sovereignty,” according to France’s transport minister. The funding will support projects at Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, […]
30 Jul 2026
Photo credit: Photoholgic on Unsplash The Environment Agency has declared drought across seven regions of England, covering just over half the country, following what is set to be the driest July on record. The declaration moves East Anglia, Hertfordshire and North London, Thames, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Devon and Cornwall, the West Midlands and […]
30 Jul 2026
Photo credit: SHTTEFAN on Unsplash England has enough available water to supply only 420,000 of the 1.5 million new homes the government has pledged this Parliament, according to analysis commissioned by the industry body Water UK. The research, carried out by the consultancy Public First, warns that some parts of the country have only a 2 […]
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