Tag: MPAs
Call to save fisheries on south and east coast of England. It’s almost the end of the road for small-scale fishers along the South and East Coast, according to a joint statement from fishing organisations ...
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 ...
Western Indian Ocean region declares 143 marine and coastal areas protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometres, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the region – according to a ...
MPAs – a policy tool with only winners. Every year, the European Commission organises a seminar on fisheries science. The event attracts dozens of stakeholders from different areas to discuss and learn about topical issues ...
Sharks in protected area attract illegal fishers. Thousands of sharks have been illegally caught in a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Indian Ocean, new research shows. The MPA was created in 2010 around the ...
World leaders commit to ambitious Antarctic protection. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) welcomed the announcement of a new joint strategy to achieve the designation of three new large scale marine protected areas (MPAs) ...
New Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. EU takes lead in international effort to establish new Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius hosted a ministerial meeting to build support ...
Protecting select ocean areas boosts total catches. A new study titled ‘Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate’ has been published in the scientific journal Nature. The study reveals that protecting select areas of ...
MPAs do not adequately protect coral reef fish. Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oʻahu in Hawai’i do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. That is the primary conclusion of ...
Environmentalists welcome Dogger Bank trawling ban. Environment groups have welcomed that trawling and dredging will be banned from 14,030 sq. kilometres of UK waters, an area equivalent to the size of Northern Ireland. The Marine ...
Major Blow to Fishing in MPAs – In a shocking development, the Marine Management Organisation has announced that it intends to ban all forms of towed bottom gears in the Dogger Bank SAC and the ...
MMO launches consultation on MPAs. Marine Management Organisation launches consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas. The next phase in the Government’s ambitious plans for a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protected areas around the ...
Marine Protected Areas Explained by the MMO – The management of our coastal waters plays an important role in protecting and conserving our marine ecosystems. The Marine Conservation Team at the MMO are responsible for ...
MMO consults on more protection for English seas. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has launched a call for evidence, seeking views on proposals to better safeguard marine habitats. The call for evidence is specifically looking at ...
Emerging themes to support UK marine biodiversity conservation. Robert Clarke of the Institutes Estuarine and Marine Specialist Section recently contributed to a paper on future MPA policy in the UK. The abstract from the paper ...
PFA calls for Greenpeace collaboration following ‘misleading’ report. As the Fisheries Bill moves through the UK Parliament, the Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA) has published an open letter calling for a collaboration with Greenpeace UK, urging ...
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 ...
Climate change impacting upon understanding of MPAs. Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems. Many of the world’s ...
Expansion of Pacific MPAs did not harm tuna fleet. Expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahānaumokuākea marine national monuments (marine protected areas) did not cause economic harm to the Hawaiʻi-based longline tuna fishing fleet, according ...
Areas of Med need protected to avoid turtle bycatch. Loggerhead turtles feed in the same places year after year – meaning key locations in the Mediterranean should be protected, researchers say. University of Exeter scientists used ...
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