Tag: Climate change
Call to better understand fish farm emissions. Farmed Scottish salmon has a similar carbon footprint to chicken meat, a study by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has found. Farmed salmon produces the same amount of greenhouse ...
Insect protein has great potential to reduce carbon footprint. When compared to feeding insects to farm animals, the direct human consumption of insects has the biggest potential to reduce our consumption-based carbon footprint. Researchers at ...
Scottish mackerel and herring – a climate smart food resource. By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made grim reading with ...
Stirling aquaculture expert awarded £1.5m research fellowship to explore climate change. A University of Stirling scientist has been awarded £1.5 million for an innovative five-year data project that will enable marine aquaculture to respond to ...
Tuna species recovering despite growing pressures on marine life. Four commercially-fished tuna species are on the path to recovery thanks to the enforcement of regional fishing quotas over the last decade, according to the update ...
Save the ocean to save the climate, swimmers tell leaders in Marseille. Dozens of people dived into the Mediterranean Sea today during the IUCN World Conservation Congress to celebrate the power of the ocean to ...
President Macron accepts petition urging protection of Antarctica’s waters. During a boat trip organized on the first day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, Antarctica2020 members Pascal Lamy and Geneviève Pons (photo) handed ...
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, new study finds. Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, according to an ...
Pamela Anderson joins the fight to protect Antarctica’s waters. The campaign focused on increasing the protection of Antarctica’s waters received a huge boost with the announcement that actor and activist Pamela Anderson will be joining ...
Aller Aqua world’s first fish feed company verified in CO2-labelling. Wednesday the 25th of August the Aller Aqua organisation reached a historical milestone when months of hard work culminated in the verification of CO2-labelling of ...
Climate change means Ireland is warmer and wetter, the evidence is clear. • Long term observations in Ireland provide important insights on the causes and consequences of Climate Change; • Increases in atmospheric levels of ...
Climate change double-whammy could kill-off fish species. Many commonly-eaten fish could face extinction as warming oceans due to climate change increases pressure on their survival while also hampering their ability to adapt. New research suggests ...
eNGOs warn that action must be taken following climate change report Environmental bodies have warned that action must be taken now in the wake of the Sixth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
OSPAR’s new climate change expert group meets. The first meeting of the newly created Climate Change Expert Group, led by the United Kingdom, took place online last month. The role of the CCEG is to ...
SeaPak joins Trash Free Sea Alliance. SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood, one of America’s leading specialty frozen seafood brands, is a dedicated partner of Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Alliance (TFSA) – a multi-stakeholder collective dedicated ...
Alaska pollock – ‘one of the most climate friendly proteins’. The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) proudly announced today Wild Alaska Pollock is one of the most climate-friendly proteins in the world following ...
Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish. Millions of people in countries around the world could face an increased risk of malnutrition as climate change threatens their local fisheries. New projections ...
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 climate change impacts on coasts ...
Groundbreaking initiative to protect vital mangrove forests funded by Aquaculture Stewardship Council. The benefits of mangrove forests are increasingly well known, but numerous efforts to protect them have met with limited success. Now a pioneering ...
G20 commits to protecting the Antarctic. Historic shift by superpowers to allay biodiversity and climate crises. The Group of 20 (G20) environment leaders have committed to protecting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean from human pressures in order ...
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