European Union rules to prevent 1.7 million tonnes of fish a year being discarded are being flouted.
… Fishing ministers 'ignoring sustainability' … Emily Beament | 16th July 2019 News Fishing Overfishing European Union Regulation … a year being discarded are being flouted. Fishing vessels may still be illegally …
The UK will leave the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.
… Fishing fears as Brexit looms Emily Beament | … Fisheries Policy 170313-ag-starshrimperxxvfishing-03589-2-cut.jpg The UK will leave the … raised over destructive practices such as fishing using electric shocks continuing in …
The Fisheries Bill creates powers for UK to operate as independent coastal state and manage its fish stocks.
… New sustainable fishing laws after Brexit Emily Beament | 29th … 2020 News Change Makers Brexit Sustainable Fishing The Fisheries Bill Common Fisheries … be closed that allowed ministers to exceed fishing limits. Financial "The focus we can …
Large, intensive fishing vessels spent 5,590 hours fishing in marine protected areas in UK waters in the first six months of 2020
… Greenpeace Supertrawlers Large, intensive fishing vessels spent 5,590 hours fishing in marine protected areas in UK waters … hugely increased the amount of time spent fishing in the UK's protected areas of sea …
Monkfish, skates and rays, crab and lobster from some UK fisheries are among 14 kinds of sea life joining those with a red rating from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
… list' Emily Beament | 6th April 2022 | News Fishing Marine Conservation Society Vegan Good … or because of environmental damage caused by fishing or accidentally catching wildlife – … warning management is poor and fishing pressure too high. And most Good Fish …
Dr Rainer Froese, from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany, says lockdown means we can end overfishing for ever.
… End overfishing under lockdown Emily Beament | 11th May 2020 News Fishing Coronavirus 170313-ag-starshrimperxxvfishing-03589-2-cut.jpg Dr Rainer Froese, from …
Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.
… | 2nd February 2021 | News Food And Farming Fishing Greenpeace UK Government Dogger Bank … including Dogger Bank. A ban on damaging fishing in Dogger Bank proposed by the UK … boulders into the sea to create a barrier to fishing gear. Launching the consultation, …
North Sea cod is coming off the menu again for consumers who care their fish supper is sustainable.
… | 25th September 2019 News Cod Sustainable FishingFishing Industry Biodiversity Science & … the label. The news comes as a blow to the fishing industry which has put in initiatives …
UK Government takes step towards ending stop bottom trawling in 'iconic and ecologically important' Dogger Bank.
… seas that will be protected from damaging fishing, the UK Government has announced - … to be done. Byelaws banning bottom trawling fishing gear will be brought in for Dogger … boulders into the water to stop damaging fishing. Byelaws safeguarding marine protected …
Blue Marine Foundation's Safegear initiative to stop fishing gear being lost gets funding.
… Fishing net pollution 'can be tracked' Emily … Foundation's Safegear initiative to stop fishing gear being lost gets funding. Schemes to tag fishing nets so they are not lost at sea and …
Academics at York and Oxford universities in collaboration with Greenpeace map out how to protect at least a third of international waters.
… that found in coastal areas or on land. Fishing Biological processes by ocean … warns the global oceans are at risk from fishing, the emerging threat of deep seabed … minimising impacts on human activity such as fishing. International waters The most …
World’s whales facing increasing threats along migration ‘superhighways’ from ghost nets, oil drilling and other pollutants.
… and dolphin populations is entanglement in fishing gear and “ghost nets” which are … a year, the report said. They also face overfishing which limits their food supplies, … from human activities – including industrial fishing, ship strikes, chemical, plastic and …
Rising sea temperatures could increase amount of mercury contamination of fish and other food, which harm brain function.
… cod and spiny dogfish as a result of overfishing of their food sources such as herring … They also looked at the impacts of overfishing which changes what top predators eat, … a result of dietary shifts initiated by overfishing and then a recovery of herring …
The Blue Marine Foundation (Blue) is calling for national management of the common whelk in the wake of overfishing.
… whelks Emily Beament | 29th May 2019 News Overfishing whelk-page.jpg The Blue Marine … of the common whelk in the wake of overfishing. An increase in demand for whelks from … when they were worth £22.9 million. Whelk fishing has become a popular "displacement …
UN sets out how it might be possible to 'bend the curve' and prevent the collapse of biodiversity.
'Bend the curve' or face collapse Emily Beament | 15th September 2020 | News Biodiversity Food And Farming Fossil Fuels underwater-water-sea-sea-life-light-ocean-fish-79950.jpg UN sets out how it …
Conservation charity WWF said nature was in “freefall” due to human activity, mainly intensive agriculture and the destruction of habitat.
… also faces over-exploitation, such as over-fishing, threats from invasive species and … were burning forests, polluting and over-fishing the seas and destroying wild areas. …
New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns of impending tipping points and demands action from UK Government.
… a new environmental watchdog has warned. Overfishing and damage to sea floors from … nature become catastrophic – such as setting fishing limits above scientific advice, which … England’s seas need urgent action to halt overfishing, which affects around a third of …
Beavers reintroduced to Britain 400 years after being hunted to extinction will help fight climate impacts.
Beavers brought back to Britain get busy Emily Beament | 6th January 2020 News Beavers Rewinding Hunting Climate Breakdown Science & Systems 22756095-1.jpg Beavers reintroduced to Britain 400 years …
The distance sea turtles, whales and other wildlife might have to move to find more suitable sea temperatures can range from tens to thousands of kilometres.
… as well as for human activities such as fishing. Marine heatwaves can also shift ocean …
The Thames in London, UK, has a higher density of microplastics than several other major European rivers.
A microplastics deluge Emily Beament | 22nd July 2020 News Microplastics Pollution microplastics-chesapeake-cut.jpg The Thames in London, UK, has a higher density of microplastics than several other …
Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and Swansea University launch biggest UK seagrass restoration project ever undertaken.
Seagrass to be restored to UK waters Emily Beament | 4th September 2019 News Science & Systems Seagrass Sky Ocean Rescue WWF Swansea University Change Makers 21921935-1.jpg Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and …
Australia's governments and mining giant Adani have announced the go ahead for a mega mine - despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) warnings over climate change and the likely impact on the Great Barrier Reef. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
… force putting pressure on our oceans. Over fishing and other illegal fishing practices, unsustainable aquaculture …