SFP launches new projects to address carbon and biodiversity impacts of aquaculture. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced a new landscape-based aquaculture initiative to create the scale necessary for seafood buyers, […]
Protection and preservation of marine biodiversity on show at Expo. The Marine Institute will be exhibiting at the Irish Skipper Expo on the 24th and 25th February 2023 at the […]
The Wash brown shrimp fishery in Norfolk will be at the centre of a new study that seeks to assess the impacts of fishing on endangered, protected and threatened marine […]
Remote areas are not safe havens for fish biodiversity. Remote localities are generally considered as potential reservoirs for biodiversity, but this is just part of the story. With regard to […]
Europêche criticises UN biodiversity report. A new report from the UN expert group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has found that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in […]
Aquaculture industry unable to meet demand by 2050 unless it becomes regenerative. Analysis from Planet Tracker finds diversifying farmed seafood production can close supply gap while tackling biodiversity risks. Latest […]
Tackling the nature and climate crises is the biggest business opportunity this century, say industry leaders. Business leaders urge firms to seize the opportunities that tackling the nature and climate […]
ASC seeks feedback to finalise content of its new farm standard. Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), has launched the last round of stakeholder consultation to help finalise the content of its […]
New EU water quality measures. New measures to enhance the EU’s water resilience and improve water quality and quantity will soon come into effect. The Commission adopted today two new […]
Indigenous and community coalition challenges Petroperú’s financial backing. Citi and JPMorgan Chase urged to protect Indigenous rights and Amazonian ecosystems. A burgeoning coalition of Peruvian Amazonian Indigenous peoples and fishing […]
A major new European project will improve our understanding of how the bycatch of fisheries impacts protected, endangered and threatened species (PETS) in the Atlantic Ocean and develop methods for […]
EU project launched to help reduce bycatch of protected and endangered Atlantic species. A major new European project will improve our understanding of how the bycatch of fisheries impacts protected, […]
What happens to biodegradable plastics if they enter the sea? A new study by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, investigates what happens when biodegradable plastics enter the ocean, and whether these increasingly […]
Researchers at the Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences, one of Heriot-Watt University’s flagship Global Research Institutes (GRIs), have created a new method for assessing the risk of different […]
International Summit releases urgent call to scale up action for planet’s ice regions. The One Planet- Polar Summit that brought together for the first time experts and leaders from over […]
BLOOM urges Carrefour to take responsible steps on tuna sourcing. After months of research and ‘appalling revelations’ about the destructiveness and multi-dimensional abuses of tropical tuna fishing BLOOM says it is […]
EC leads on efforts to improve state of the Baltic Sea. Commissioner Sinkevičius recently hosted the second edition of the ‘Our Baltic’ Conference to address pressing environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea. The high-level conference gathered […]
Action needed to protect large marine animals from ship strikes. Large marine animals such as sharks and whales have huge ecological, social, economic, and cultural importance, but are under great […]