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New measures to tackle pollution, biodiversity loss and climate impacts on Ireland’s seas. Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister of State for Heritage […]
International award for marine scientist. University of Tasmania ecologist and alumnus Professor Craig Johnson has been awarded a significant international marine science lifetime achievement award, only the third Australian to […]
Friend of the Sea and Galapagos Conservation Trust join forces for the Galapagos Albatross. Friend of the Sea’s support for the British charity will make it possible to complete the […]
Green fund distributes £3m to enhance Scotland’s coasts and seas. A ground-breaking initiative, which has distributed almost £3 million to transform the health of Scotland’s coasts and seas, opens its […]
New multi-annual management plan for the Med. For the first time, the EU and neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean agreed on the establishment of five fully-fledged multiannual management plans (MAPs) based on […]
Heads of State and Ministers announce new support for 30×30 targets, bringing 112 countries now committed to protecting at least 30% of land and ocean by 2030. The Bezos Earth […]
Eat them to Beat them – MCTC launches campaign to boost environment by using ‘invasive species’ in their recipes. Leading catering management provider MCTC has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability […]
An in-depth investigation of the problem of ghost gear. Each year KIMO Sweden present a scholarship to investigate a pressing environmental problem. The scholarship holder for 2021, Anna Axelsson, focused […]
Scientists develop plan to manage lionfish populations in the Mediterranean. Scientists have published a series of recommendations to enable communities and managers to minimise the impact of lionfish in the […]
Cawthron Institute researchers have won two top prizes in the 2021 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards, it was announced by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Dr Patrick Cahill, Cawthron Institute’s Manager of Biosecurity, […]
Fish Health Inspectorate seize Prussian carp. 4000 live invasive Prussian carp were seized last month by the UK’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI), during a successful enforcement operation at the Port […]
New arrivals in an ancient sea The Mediterranean is changing fast. Over the last few decades, its waters have seen the appearance of unprecedented numbers of new fish, crustaceans, plants […]
KIMO report takes in-depth look at ghost gear problem. KIMO Sweden releases their much awaited report investigating the problem of ghost gear last month. Each year KIMO Sweden present a […]
Assessment of climate change on UK Overseas Territories. The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP), working closely with the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), has published the first comprehensive assessment of […]
With temperatures going up 20% faster than the global average, and sea level rises expected to exceed one meter by 2100, the Mediterranean is becoming the fastest-warming and the saltiest […]
Pink salmon sightings in Scotland: What to do and why it is important to report. In light of Invasive Species Week (24th – 30th May, an annual event led by […]
Corals carefully organise proteins to form rock-hard skeletons. Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that […]
Confrontation and Litigation: In an important and disturbing change, environmental NGOs have now apparently abandoned any pretence of working collaboratively with the fishing industry, writes the NFFO. With one or […]
EU funds innovative digital solutions for supporting small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean, STARFISH 4.0 Small-scale fisheries (SSF) account for 50% of the global catch and 95% of the world’s fishers. […]
One third of freshwater fish threatened with extinction, new report warns. Latest count shows more fish species in rivers and lakes than oceans – but global populations are in freefall, […]
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