02 Jun 2026
Photo by Wayne Gourley Around 200 dead sharks have washed up on a beach in Carmarthenshire in what conservationists believe was likely a discarded or abandoned catch, raising fresh concerns about bycatch practices and unregulated gear disposal in Welsh waters. The net was discovered on 24 May at Pembrey Beach, also known as Cefn […]
28 Apr 2026
Photo by Roman Manshin A major new report has concluded that the UK’s whales, dolphins and porpoises are being let down by legal protections that exist on paper but not in practice, with the North Sea, one of the most important cetacean habitats in UK waters, identified as a particular area of concern. The […]
28 Apr 2026
Photo by Christian Paul Stobbe A landmark study published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries has produced the first global inventory of fish species caught by bottom trawl fisheries — and the scale is striking. Researchers at the University of British Columbia documented nearly 3,000 species of marine fish caught by bottom trawls, drawn from 236 sources […]
31 Mar 2026
Photo by Ali Abdul Rahman More than 130 governments concluded a week of negotiations in Campo Grande, Brazil on 29 March, agreeing to extend new or upgraded international protections to 40 migratory species at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS CoP15). The marine outcomes […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Doncoombez The UK Government has laid a draft statutory instrument to amend the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, bringing forward new powers to enable offshore wind deployment under the Energy Act 2023 — a long-awaited reform that conservation groups have cautiously welcomed, while warning that a critical flaw in the draft […]
10 Feb 2026
Photo by Jake Oates Cornwall Wildlife Trust is calling for stronger government policy to protect dolphins and porpoises from fishing nets after 27 animals washed up dead on Cornish beaches in January alone. The charity said a number of the animals were confirmed to have died as a result of getting caught in fishing nets, known […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Gerald Schömbs Great white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea face extinction within years as illegal fishing and weak enforcement of international protections push the iconic predators toward collapse, according to research by US scientists working with the UK charity Blue Marine Foundation. The Mediterranean white shark population is now classified as Critically Endangered by […]
09 Jan 2024
Every year, around 70,000 turtles and 200,000 seabirds die as a result of being caught as bycatch in EU fishing fleets. Bycatch is when other marine species are unintentionally trapped by commercial fishing gear. This can account for up to 40% of total fishing catches, globally reaching as much as 38 million tonnes discarded per […]
