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 […]
14 Nov 2023
The Environment Agency (EA) has said it is still working to understand events surrounding an oil spill at a harbour seven months after it occurred. About 200 barrels of reservoir fluid including oil leaked into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset. A major incident was declared when a leak occurred at a pipeline operated […]
28 Mar 2023
A clean-up operation is under way after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid including oil leaked into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset. A major incident was declared when a leak occurred at a pipeline operated by gas company Perenco. There have been reports that leaked oil is visible on the surface of water as the […]
27 Mar 2019
WWTOnline A group of farmers in Dorset have been equally rewarded by Wessex Water for growing cover crops that brought reductions in the levels of nitrates that enter Poole Harbour. ‘The work to protect the site came as the result of a first-of-its-kind uniform price scheme by online environmental trading platform EnTrade. The new scheme, […]