21 May 2026
Image description: Fungi growing on a tree stump with a waterfall in the background. Image by Christoph Schütz from Pixabay The winners of the sixth Water Breakthrough Challenge have been announced, with 19 pioneering projects set to receive a share of £58 million from Ofwat’s Water Innovation Fund. The Challenge seeks to transform how the water […]
30 Apr 2026
Photo by Thomas Iversen on Unsplash The High Court has begun hearing on of the UK’s biggest ever environmental pollution claims, concerning the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk. Avara Foods, one of the UK’s largest chicken producers, and Welsh Water stand accused of negligence, causing private and public nuisance and even trespass, in a […]
30 Dec 2024
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is celebrating the support it has provided to UK’s fishing and seafood industry in 2024 through various administered grant schemes. In 2024 the MMO delivered £30m in funding to support 535 projects nationwide. This grant support has been delivered to industry thanks to a collaboration of teams across the MMO, […]
03 Dec 2024
A pod of Orcas work together to bring a whale shark closer to the surface in collaborative hunting strategy / Kelsey Williamson Welcome to OCF’s insights from the marine and coastal sector. This week we have summarised the most relevant stories for you from a range of Marine and Coastal Sectors, including; Fisheries; Offshore […]
04 Jun 2024
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has published a report on environmentally safe and predictable UXO disposal at its Moray West offshore wind farm. The report – Low Order Deflagration of Unexploded Ordnance Reduces Underwater Noise Impacts from Offshore Wind Farm Construction – demonstrates how the “low-order deflagration” method for disposal […]
25 Apr 2022
Marine scientists are delving into the secret world of an elusive species of dolphin by examining their unique sounds for the first time. Unlike the better-known common and bottlenose dolphins, the Atlantic white sided dolphin prefers the deep ocean to coastal waters and is rarely seen by humans. The species is so poorly understood in […]
09 Mar 2021
A UCL led study has highlighted the urgent need to restore seagrass meadows around the UK after calculating as much as 92% of these underwater meadows have been lost in British waters ‘The spatial extent of seagrass is poorly mapped, and knowledge of historical loss is limited. Here, we collated empirical and qualitative data using […]
18 Nov 2020
The links to this paper might not work – you might like to simply cut and paste this link and drop it into Google to access the paper Malisen & Haley paper: Ecology and movement of juvenile salmonids in beaver‐influenced and beaver‐free tributaries in the Trøndelag province of Norway There is concern that expanding beaver […]
