Tag: Cefas
New chief executive for Cefas. Following the retirement of Tom Karsten earlier this year, Defra has appointed Neil Hornby as the new Chief Executive of Cefas. Neil will take up his new post in January ...
British experts help Mauritius protect coral reefs from oil spill. UK sends British ecology and marine experts at the request of the Mauritian government. The UK Government has sent three British ecology experts and one ...
Designing a sustainable future for aquaculture, the world’s fastest growing food sector- a one health approach. ‘Seafood’ is one of the fastest growing and highly traded food markets. Up to now, most has come from ...
Dogger Bank scallop closure extended. Scallop fishing in the North Sea around Dogger Bank will continue to be suspended until 29 August 2020. Scallop fishing in the North Sea around Dogger Bank will be suspended ...
Cod and monkfish could disappear from British menus, due to climate change, warns study. Families may have to change their diets to protect threatened fish according to an article published in The Telegraph. Cod and ...
Sea angling contributes over £1.5bn to UK economy – New research led by Centre for Environment, fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and Substance released has provided estimates of the numbers of sea anglers, participation rates, catches and economic impact ...
Cefas research vessel returns to sea. In late March, Cefas announced that operations on Research Vessel (RV) Cefas Endeavour had been suspended to keep staff, partners and the public safe from COVID-19. But now, after ...
UK Seafood Innovation Fund Update – How to apply for research and development funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) scheme. The UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) is a £10 million research and development (R&D) ...
Low Impact Fishing Project The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) is working with the New Economics Foundation (NEF), MRAG and Cefas on a project for Defra that is seeking to co-design, with fisheries stakeholders, principles and criteria that can be ...
Cefas adopts coronavirus safety measures. Cefas – the UK Government’s marine and freshwater science agency – is taking steps to keep its staff and partners safe from COVID-19 while supporting Defra and our other customers ...
Project aims to help transform aquaculture industry. A partnership between Agri-EPI Centre and the world’s largest manual fish vaccination company, Stirling-based Aqualife, is set to help increase, fish health, welfare and productivity in the aquaculture ...
Cefas signs contract for vessel management services. Following a comprehensive and effective procurement process, Cefas has signed a contract with AW Ship Management Limited (AWSM) for the ongoing provision of vessel management services. AWSM will ...
Marine climate change centre launched. Cefas has today launched its International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), bringing together scientists from different disciplines to better understand impacts of climate change on marine environments and coastal areas. The ...
Meeting the challenges facing fisheries climate risk insurance. Insurance schemes with the potential to improve the resilience of global fisheries face a host of future challenges, researchers say. The world’s first “Fisheries Index Insurance” scheme, ...
Cefas heads to South Africa to tackle ocean pollution. Experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), part of the UK government’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), are partnering ...
UN recognises UK science excellence in shellfish safety. UK expertise and leadership in shellfish safety has been recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the designation of the Centre ...
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