The scourge of plastic pollution and ghost fishing gear has exploded over the past century, new research reveals. In 1938, American biologist Eugene Gudger documented an Atlantic cod with its…
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Fish farm companies bid to use bee-harming pesticide
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020Scotland’s salmon farming industry is planning to use a toxic pesticide banned in terrestrial agriculture because of dangers to bees, campaigners are warning. They have condemned the secrecy surrounding the…
Plastic pollution may be spreading antibiotic resistance
Thursday, March 5th, 2020Each year, millions of tonnes of plastic enter our oceans. Many of the negative effects of all this plastic are well known: it poisons fish, entangles sea turtles, and has…
New report reveals toxic chemical legacy in cetaceans
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020Scottish-based scientists have helped reveal the shocking toxic legacy of manmade chemicals on marine mammals more than 30 years after they were banned. A new research paper that includes results…
Storms create fish farming ghost gear, says ASC
Thursday, November 28th, 2019Extreme weather is one of the major causes of plastic ‘ghost gear’ from fish farms entering oceans and rivers and the increasing frequency and severity of tropical storms due to…
Gear conflict over Scottish fishing grounds escalates
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019Scottish ministers have come under fire over their failure to effectively mitigate gear conflict and police the country’s fishing grounds, which is allowing pollution of the seabed, endangering protected marine…
Loch Creran polluted by plastic waste from fish farm company
Thursday, October 10th, 2019Loch Creran, a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland prized for its wildlife, has been polluted by countless thousands of scraps of plastic waste from the manufacture of…
Dolphins in English Channel carry toxic cocktail of chemicals
Thursday, September 19th, 2019Bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel have among the highest levels of toxic mercury ever recorded in their blubber and skin, scientists have found. They also have high levels of…
After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age
Thursday, September 5th, 2019Plastic pollution is being deposited into the fossil record, research has found, with contamination increasing exponentially since 1945. Scientists suggest the plastic layers could be used to mark the start…
Marine plastic poisons oxygen-producing bacteria
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019We’ve all seen the impact of our plastic addiction. It’s hard to miss the devastating images of whales and sea birds that have died with their stomachs full of solidified…
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