Tag: Defra
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 ...
Report underlines importance of MPAs. Earlier this month, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) of the UK released their report ‘Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision-making on MPAs’ on the finding of the Defra-funded Climate-smart ...
Further £1 million invested into England’s fishing industry. A £1 million grants scheme supporting innovative ways to sell fish and shellfish has awarded the first grants to projects across England. The Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme ...
From the sea to the door, new grant scheme to support seafood businesses in England to sell catches. New £1 million grant scheme opened today to increase supply of local seafood Seafood businesses can bid ...
New chair for Seafood 2040. Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has announced the appointment of Neil Auchterlonie as the new chair of Seafood 2040. The Seafood 2040 Strategic Framework ...
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 ...
Campaign to raise awareness of non-native lobster. Cefas has launched a campaign to raise awareness within the UK fishing community of the threat to native species from the non-native species of lobster, the American lobster. ...
Scots Govt seeks devolved fisheries commitment. Commenting on the reintroduction yesterday of the UK Government’s Fisheries Bill, Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing said it disappointing that it didn’t extend enough powers to Scotland. “The Scottish ...
5 things you need to know about the Fisheries Bill. The Fisheries Bill introduced by the UK Government yesterday (29 January) is the first piece of primary fisheries legislation in nearly 40 years. As the ...
Sustainable fisheries enshrined in law as UK leaves the EU. Legal guarantee that the UK will leave the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Bill creates powers to ensure profitable future for UK fishing industry with a ...
UK firm cries foul as DEFRA awards UK Fisheries Vessel Monitoring contract to overseas company in opaque tender. French company will monitor French fishing vessels operating in UK waters. UK company Globavista Ltd has raised ...
Important milestone in the use of fishermen’s information. A report, recently published by ICES, marks an important milestone in the incorporation of information generated by the fishing industry itself into the stock assessment process states ...
Stronger protection for UK Waters. Independent panel calls for views on introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas. The public are being asked to give their views on strengthening protections for UK waters to help safeguard ...
English fishing quota allocation. Developing a new approach for allocating additional fishing quota in England 7th October 2019 in TACs and Quotas. Defra have consulted on how any additional quota, obtained as the UK renegotiates ...
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 ...
Food exporters urged to get ready for animal health regulations. Importers and exporters of animals and animal products are being urged to prepare for Brexit on 31 October, as these will be subject to new ...
Brexit ready workshops. Businesses that trade or process seafood are being urged to attend a series of free workshops to help them prepare for Brexit. Workshops and training events to ensure seafood traders and processors ...
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