Rare shark nursery found off Ireland in July, during a “SeaRover” survey by the Marine Institute, using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Holland 1 deployed from Irish Lights ship Granuaile. […]
New proposals for regulating the Scottish salmon farm sector have been unveiled by SEPA. Scottish salmon farm medicine is significantly impacting local marine environments, according to one of Scotland’s largest […]
EU reaches MPA target, designating at least 10 % of Europe’s seas as marine protected areas to safeguard marine biodiversity and ecosystems. A total of 10.8 % of the surface […]
Marine litter in the North Sea to be mapped according to a recent article published on the DTU website (Technical University of Denmark). How much marine litter is floating around […]
EU fisheries failures jeopardise small fishing communities.Traditional fishing has been harmed by EU fishing policies that favour big businesses and ignore sustainable approaches to conserving fish stocks – new research […]
A giant plastic garbage collector is being deployed in a trial in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. Developed by Dutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup, the system is […]
Finding active solutions to protect our seas, Fathoms Free is a community group of volunteer conservationists who hold regular events in Cornwall, cleaning up beaches and retrieving debris from the […]