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Thursday, October 18th, 2018
The designation and management of MPAs is frequently not representative, often marginalising local or indigenous people, details this article from The Conversation. Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas...
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
Defra prioritises post-Brexit fisheries plan and protection of UK’s coldwater reefs, promising data from environmental assessment of UK seas will be made publicly available online, explains this piece from The...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today called for a third of the world’s oceans to be protected by 2030. Globally, less than 10 per cent of the world’s seas are...
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
A project in the Highlands is helping to spread freshwater pearl mussels to parts of rivers where the rare shellfish are currently not found. Poaching, loss of habitat and pollution...
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Monday, September 10th, 2018
Cuvier’s beaked whale on Baleshare, North Uist, 10/8/2018 © Sarah Dolman/ WDC Since early August, a minimum of 38 Cuvier's beaked whales have stranded, dead, on the coasts of...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2018
A dolphin in Scotland's Firth of Clyde may be exchanging messages with porpoises. The dolphin, named Kylie, usually makes clicking sounds with a frequency of around 100KHz. But after interacting...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
North Sea oil platforms could be used to help protect sea creatures threatened by climate change and habitat loss, a study led by Scottish scientists has suggested. Rigs, shipwrecks and...
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Monday, August 13th, 2018
Meetings in New York and London lay groundwork to protect vast ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction, areas known as the 'high seas', reports this article from The Pew Trusts. After...
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Friday, August 10th, 2018
Rare coral has been found in a deep sea research mission off the west coast of Ireland. Scientists from the Marine Institute in Galway found a black coral previously undocumented...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2018
Creel fishermen say they are frustrated at slow progress over proposals for a major industry overhaul, explains this article from BBC News. The Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation (SCFF) commissioned a...
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