Dogfish © Graham Saunders, SNH Flickr Microfibres from fishing lines and nets and materials from textiles discovered in 67% of seabed-dwelling sharks. Microplastics and synthetic microfibres from clothing have been…
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Create a coastal blue belt, scientists urge
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020Study says huge reduction in fishing due to Brexit negotiations and Coronavirus pandemic gives government unique window of opportunity to improve sustainability and profitability of industry, which could include the…
Seagrass restoration project to resurrect UK’s sea meadows
Monday, March 16th, 2020First seagrass restoration project in Britain will capture carbon rapidly and offer habitat for lost marine life. “We think this whole bay was once carpeted with seagrass,” says Evie Furness,…
Brexit opportunity to ban supertrawlers from UK waters
Friday, March 13th, 2020Campaigners say Brexit presents the government with the perfect opportunity to ban industrial fishing boats, also known as “supertrawlers”, from UK seas. Supertrawlers are huge factory ships many times larger…
State of Nature report confirms UK biodiversity crisis
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date, the State of Nature report. The…
Number of stranded whales in the UK on the rise
Monday, September 9th, 2019The number of stranded whales and dolphins around the UK coastline has risen, according to new figures. In 2017 alone, 1,000 animals were stranded – more than in any year…
Farmers produce sustainable prawns in a Lincolnshire field
Friday, August 16th, 2019In an industry rife with human trafficking and modern slavery and notorious for its destruction of marine ecosystems, FloGro is one farmer’s attempt to produce farmed prawns that are sustainable….
North Sea cod at critically low levels, Ices report warns
Monday, July 29th, 2019North Sea cod could soon be coming off the menu for environmentally conscious diners as a decision is expected by the end of this month on whether fish populations are…
Deep-sea mining to turn oceans into new industrial frontier
Friday, July 5th, 2019The world’s oceans are facing a “new industrial frontier” from a fledgling deep-sea mining industry, as companies line up to extract metals and minerals from some of the most important…
First ever UK Hope Spot declared in Scotland
Monday, June 10th, 2019Scotland’s Argyll Coast and Islands have been declared a Hope Spot – the first in mainland United Kingdom – by international non-profit Mission Blue to shed light on the immense…
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