EC consults on fishing opportunities for 2021 – The European Commission has adopted its annual communication taking stock of the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP) and launched a public consultation on the fishing ...
Top environmental award for Outer Hebrides Project. The Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project has won the Partnership Scotland Award at this year’s VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards with partners The Scottish Salmon ...
Microplastics fed to snapper in new research project. Microplastics are being fed to snapper, New Zealand’s most popular recreational fish species, at NIWA’s aquaculture research facility near Whangarei, New Zealand, in a bid to establish ...
Brim receives environmental award. Icelandic fishing company and seafood processor, Brim, has received The Environmental Awards of Confederation of Iceland Enterprises for the year 2019. President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented the awards to ...
Scottish Sea Farms backs MCS Great British Beach Clean. Residents and local groups are being urged to join Scottish Sea Farms for a series of organised beach cleans, part of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) ...
Eco friendly homes breathe life into remote Eday. A Scottish salmon farmer has been granted approval to build six new eco friendly homes on the remote island of Eday in Orkney. Scottish Sea Farms, together ...
Independent offshore environmental authority called for by NE Canadian fishers. The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) supports is calling for an independent authority to oversee the environment in the province’s ...
Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors will be inspired to spark change at Summer School – Twenty-three Youth Ambassadors from countries connected to the Atlantic Ocean will participate in a Summer School at the Marine Institute, Galway ...
Shetland students’ Green Team. The Shetland students’ Green Team have been awarded the 2019 HISA Society of the Year Award. The Green Team, which was formed by students at both Shetland College UHI and NAFC ...
Food system of the future. British shoppers will be able to buy environmentally friendly, healthy and affordable food under plans for a radical shake-up of the UK’s food industry. As one of the first steps, ...
Health of our oceans in focus at Our Ocean Wealth Summit in Cork. Political representatives from 30 small island nations, global leaders and more than 750 delegates attended Our Ocean Wealth Summit 2019 at City ...
Safeguarding basking sharks and cetaceans. Plans to safeguard some of the most iconic species in Scotland’s waters have been announced. The Scottish Government has proposed four new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) which would make Scotland ...
Ireland’s Go Atlantic Blue goes global. More than 50 famous landmarks and buildings in Ireland and across Europe are lighting up blue this weekend (8-10 June) as part of the ‘Go Atlantic Blue’ initiative to ...
Canada launches nature legacy to protect oceans. The Government of Canada is working to double the amount of nature protected across Canada’s lands and oceans and has launched the $1.3 billion Nature Legacy—the single-largest investment to ...
Value of Orkney marine environment. A new approach to valuing the marine environment will be piloted in Orkney by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, in collaboration with Heriot Watt University, over the next two years. The ...
Ocean currents bring good news for reef fish. Researchers have discovered some good news for fish populations living on coral reefs hit by climate change. Renato Morais is a PhD candidate from the ARC Centre of ...
ISSF appoints new directors – The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced today three Board of Directors appointments: fisheries scientist Dr. Rohan Currey of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC); “Law of the Sea” scholar and ...
Adaptive fisheries strategies will reap dividends, says EDF. New research published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science shows that adapting fishing intensity to the health of fish populations is key to making fisheries more ...
New report on state of Canadian oceans. Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, has announced the release of a new report, Canada’s Oceans Now–Atlantic Ecosystems, 2018. The interactive report, prepared by ...
Innovative Canadian scheme to minimise fishing gear plastic pollution. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has challenged small businesses across Canada to find innovative ways to prevent plastic waste from entering our aquatic environments, to help clean ...
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