There's strong public support for protecting marine wildlife, writes Horatio Morpurgo - so why aren't politicians championing the cause? Labour and Tories alike fear to challenge the big fishing companies that have come to believe they own Britain's offshore waters and seabed. Now it's up to use to prove they're wrong.
… To protect our seas, first we must reclaim them … There's strong public support for protecting marine wildlife, writes Horatio … boats. Lyme Bay - the UK's first major Marine Protected Area But the meeting mattered in …
A new report on the Channel's fisheries is a timely reminder of the ecological trend to 'simplification' as whole trophic levels are stripped away by over-exploitation, writes Horatio Morpurgo. Yet the government's profit-focused vision of 'sustainability' is missing the essential element - allowing the recovery of marine ecosystems.
… that dredging should resume in Lyme Bay's protected area. Even after science put the … can legally get away with. The Marine Protected Area and Blue Marine initiative in … 'vision' is of a situation in 2036 where "the protection of natural habitat has been …