17 Sep 2026
Image description: The Palace of Westminster, commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, located in London, England. Photo by Martine Mussies on Unsplash MPs debate national referendum on public ownership of water industry The future of the private companies that run England’s water industry has been debated in Westminster after more than 200,000 people […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Richard Bell A consumer group has accused supermarkets of “skimpflation” after tins of mackerel sold under some of the UK’s best-known brands turned out to contain an entirely different fish. Princes, which supplies own-label and branded tinned fish to Tesco and Sainsbury’s, has substituted Chilean jack mackerel for Atlantic mackerel across its […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Pete Godfrey The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has set out changes to how it supports habitat restoration projects, after gathering feedback from practitioners who told the regulator the marine licensing system can be difficult to navigate. In a blog post published on 2 September, Adam Tillotson, the MMO’s Regulatory Reform Unit Manager, said […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by AJ Wallace The Scottish Government has opened a public consultation on proposed fisheries management measures covering more than 160 marine protected areas (MPAs) and priority marine feature (PMF) sites across Scotland’s inshore waters, in what officials have described as one of the most extensive exercises of its kind. The consultation, launched on Monday 14 […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Ray Harrington Brighton Marina’s operator has proposed moving its dredging disposal site to Newhaven from next spring, after losing a legal battle over dumping sediment in a protected marine reserve. Premier Marinas says it intends to apply for a licence to dispose of sand and silt at the site used by Newhaven Harbour, rather […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Mapping what Matters Active and retired skippers and crew across England are being invited to take part in Mapping What Matters, a Defra-led project capturing the cultural and social importance of fishing grounds. Following pilot sessions earlier this year, the project’s national rollout begins with a series of drop-in sessions across the East […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Luis Graterol An international study led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has found that marine heatwaves increase the amount of CO₂ absorbed by coastal and shelf seas worldwide, even as the same extreme events weaken carbon uptake in the open ocean. The research, published in Nature Communications, found that CO₂ uptake in coastal and […]
15 Sep 2026
Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet Scientists and fishermen are working together to understand a resurgence in Atlantic bluefin tuna numbers that has transformed the species’ prospects in UK waters within a decade. Dr Lucy Hawkes, an ecology professor at the University of Exeter who leads the Thunnus UK tagging project, said the population had […]
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