Can we afford not to, in economic terms, or even for our future existence?! Scotland lies at the convergence of several oceanic and continental currents, these in turn influence the…
Posts Tagged ‘Protected-Areas’
Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019Squid trawlers have been accused of “sticking two fingers up to the Scottish Government” by entering protected waters off the Berwickshire coast where minke whales and dolphins have been sighted….
Large expansion to UK marine conservation zones
Monday, June 3rd, 2019An area nearly twice the size of England will become a “blue belt” of protected waters after the government created 41 new marine conservation zones. The short-snouted seahorse, the ocean…
Thank the ocean with every breath
Thursday, April 11th, 2019Speaking at the Natural History Museum’s Annual Science Lecture, Dr Sylvia Earle urged the public to get into the water and learn about the Earth’s life support system. One of…
Giving teeth to marine protected areas
Friday, April 5th, 2019Pair trawling is when two ships travel in parallel several hundred metres apart towing a huge net which indiscriminately scoops up marine animals in its path. Our planet’s oceans are…
FFI: When is an MPA not an MPA?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019A recent paper on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in northern Europe (“Elevated trawling inside protected areas undermines conservation outcomes in a global fishing hot spot”) reveals that…
Atlantic Wolffish Being Driven to Extinction
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019The Atlantic wolffish is not an attractive beast. Its appearance is characterized by its large, fang-like teeth (where it earns its name), which are used to crush prey like crabs,…
UK MPs urge protection treaty for seas
Thursday, January 17th, 2019A new global agreement to protect the seas should be a priority for the government to stop our seas becoming a “sewer”, according to a cross-party group of MPs. Plastic…
A third of ‘protected’ nature areas are quietly being ruined
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
Roads, farmers, loggers and house-builders are ruining at least one third of the world’s 200,000 protected areas, where nature is supposed to be flourishing. The largest survey to date of...
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