30 Jun 2026

Photo by Bosh Ar   London Climate Action Week (LCAW) closed on 28 June after nine days of talks and events across the city. Europe’s largest city-wide climate gathering, now in its eighth year, brought together nearly 50,000 participants. Ironically, a record-breaking heatwave forced the cancellation of at least one LCAW session and many side events, […]

30 Jun 2026

Photo by Valentina Kondrasyuk   A new report has warned that marine conservation careers in Wales are becoming increasingly difficult to access for young people from working-class backgrounds, with a severe shortage of entry-level roles compounded by the complete absence of local vocational routes into the sector. Improving Social Mobility within Wales’s Marine Conservation Sector, published […]

30 Jun 2026

Photo by Paul Einerhand   The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed it will publish a new dataset linking UK fishing landings to the exact locations where they were caught, in a pre-announcement covering the 2024 data year. The dataset, named the Landings Enriched Approach for Positional FISHeries data, or LEAPFISH, is provisionally due for release […]

30 Jun 2026

Photo by Paolo Chiabrando   Western Isles councillors have formally objected to a proposed 60-turbine offshore wind farm off the west coast of Lewis, after planning officers recommended opposition on the grounds of landscape, seascape and historic environment harm. The decision was taken at a full meeting of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar on 29 June, […]

30 Jun 2026

Photo by Theirry Meier   A new umbrella body, Marine Science UK (MSUK), has been launched to bring UK universities and research organisations together under a single voice, with the aim of feeding more coherent scientific evidence into government and industry decision-making on the ocean. A single voice for a fragmented sector According to its own description, […]

30 Jun 2026

Photo by Markus Spiske   Greenpeace UK has announced plans to create new underwater boulder barriers in UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), a decade after the Brexit vote and five years after the Fisheries Act 2020 gave ministers full powers to protect them. As Afloat.ie reported, the charity argues those powers have gone largely unused, with destructive industrial […]

26 Jun 2026

Marine Operations Lead – Algapelago Marine Salary range: £25,000 to £35,000 Closing date: Midnight 29th July 2026 Are you a qualified skipper interested in growing sustainable aquaculture in North Devon? Algapelago Marine Ltd is looking for a Marine Operations Lead to deliver algapelago’s aquaculture and research programs in Bideford Bay, North Devon. This is a […]

25 Jun 2026

Image description: Dry, cracked earth. Photo by Mike Erskine on Unsplash   The European Commission has used World Desertification and Drought Day to step up its push on water and drought resilience, framing both as central to the bloc’s economic security and food supply. In a statement marking the day on 17 June, the Commission […]