Walesonline reports, 17th November 2015: Author and journalist George Monbiot has led a scathing attack against Welsh Government proposals allowing commercial scallop fishing in West Wales for the first time since 2009. The Welsh Government is in danger of positioning itself as one of “the most environmentally destructive on Earth” if plans to allow scallop […]
» 2015
- Controversy surrounds plan to permit Scallop dredging in Cardigan Bay
- Tidal project to connect Scotland with Cumbria
- Four new marine reserves proposed in Northern Ireland
- Great Barrier Reef is expected to undergo a new “bleaching event”, say scientists
- Super Trawlers off the West coast of Ireland
- UK Government announces outcome of 2016 CFP quota negotiations
- ‘Marinet Special’ on Alternative Aggregate to Marine Sand : Interim Progress Report
- Tidal Turbine installed on seabed off Welsh coast
- Is the EU serious about regulating its long-distance fishing fleet?
- OSPAR organises conference to tackle microplastics in the seas
- NEF launches coastal economic regeneration project, titled “New Blue Deal”
- NEF: To end overfishing, EU Ministers should follow scientific advice
- Climate talks: What difference will temperature rise make to the oceans?
- Sea bird populations on St Kilda are being profoundly affected by climate change
- C.O.A.S.T. struggles with the fishing industry’s view of the management for Scottish MPAs
- Global average temperature the highest on record, with 90% being absorbed by the oceans
- Marinet Special – EU Fisheries in Crisis : Politicians are wilfully “breaking the law”
- GM salmon production and consumption approved by USA
- GM salmon egg production in Canada to be challenged in the courts
- Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, to petition Norway to end salmon farming
Tidal Energy Today reports, 25th December 2015: North West Energy Squared (NWE²) is planning to build a tidal energy barrage that would link Cumbria with Scotland in addition to producing clean energy. The company plans to construct a tidal barrage across the Solway Estuary that would incorporate a road which would halve the distance between […]
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BBC News reports, 14th December 2015: Northern Ireland is to get four new protected marine areas to conserve important habitats and species, including one of the slowest growing shellfish in the world. They are: Rathlin Island : at Rathlin, the entire island and the seas around it are covered. It is intended to conserve the […]
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ABC News, Australia, reports 19th December 2015: Marine biologists studying the Great Barrier Reef are preparing for widespread coral bleaching early next year with an El Nino weather event predicted to turn many of the animals white. Earlier this year, scientists predicted that the world’s third mass coral bleaching will happen in early 2016 and […]
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This is the Blog of Nuala Redmond, a fisherwoman in Donegal Bay, published 19th December 2015 by the Donegal Women’s Network: For more than a month now, there have been half a dozen foreign super trawlers fishing off the west coast of Ireland. The two biggest trawlers in the world are still here. Nuala Redmond […]
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DEFRA reports, 16th December 2015: The UK government has reached a deal for the UK fishing industry, achieving quota increases and ensuring sustainable fish stocks. Tough UK driven decisions have delivered significant reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, leading to improvements in fish stocks, substantial quota increases and a more profitable industry, Fisheries Minister […]
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In September 2015 Marinet published its Report Marine Aggregate Extraction — The Need to Dredge : Fact or Fiction? This Report is based on work undertaken by a Marinet Member, Kayasand, which features the substitute sand manufacturing process developed by Kemco, Japan, and validated for use in this country via a study by Cardiff University […]
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BBC News reports, 13th December 2015: A giant tidal turbine has been settled on the seabed between Ramsey Island and the mainland near St David’s Head, Pembrokeshire. The 12m (39ft) DeltaStream device could produce enough power for between 400 and 600 homes. It was transported by an offshore construction vessel which usually works in the […]
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Based on an Oceana news release, 10th December, Marinet reports: The EU is the largest seafood market in the world, importing more than 60% of the seafood it consumes. Over 15,000 vessels operate under the EU’s Fishing Authorisation Regulation, or FAR, to fish in non-EU waters, through various agreements such as access agreements between the […]
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The Oslo Paris Commission (OSPAROSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic made up of representatives of the Governments of the 15 signatory nations.) reports, 9th December 2015: Small fragments of plastic (microplastics) are so prevalent in the North East Atlantic that it is now critical that sectors come together […]
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The New Economics Foundation reports: On 24th November 2015, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) hosted a cross-party parliamentary briefing at the House of Commons about the Blue New Deal initiative. Thanks to Peter Aldous MP for Waveney, Suffolk, for making this possible. The Blue New Deal aims to deliver more and better jobs for coastal […]
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The New Economics Foundation reports, 9th December 2015: On the 14th and 15th of December, Ministers from EU Member States will meet to set Atlantic fishing quotas for 2016. These annual negotiations are extremely important for EU fisheries and Ministers have the opportunity to prevent overfishing and rebuild fish stocks in EU waters. Unfortunately, so […]
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The Guardian, based on IPCC and Met Office data, reports 4th December 2015: Negotiators in Paris are trying to craft a deal at the UN climate talks that will keep global temperature rise below 2°C. But what does that mean in reality — and what difference will a couple of extra degrees really make? 1°C […]
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The Guardian reports, 4th December 2015: The survival of seabirds including puffins and kittiwakes on St Kilda — the island archipelago home to one of the world’s most important seabird populations — is being threatened by climate change, striking new evidence shows. Naturalists have discovered that the kittiwake, a small migratory gull with ink-black wing […]
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The Community of Arran Seabed Trust (C.O.A.S.T.) reports in its November 2015 newsletter: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to protect marine species and habitats (many of which are also fish nursery grounds), while at the same time allowing nearly all of the marine activities which already occur in these areas to continue. They are […]
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The Ecologist reports, 28th November 2015: As climate negotiators gather in Paris for the Conference of the Parties (COP21), the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that a combination of human and natural causes will make 2015 temperatures the hottest ever — half way to the 2°C ‘safety threshold’, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest […]
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This Marinet Special looks at whether the EU countries and their Fisheries Ministers (The Fisheries Council) are complying with the legal requirements established by the 2014 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Prior to 2014 the CFP, administered by the Fisheries Minister and the EU Commission, was notorious for overfishing, and for setting catch […]
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The Guardian reports, 19th November 2015: The production and consumption of genetically engineered salmon has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, marking the first time that a genetically modified animal product has been cleared for sale in the US. The FDA said that it has approved the salmon, produced by Massachusetts-based firm AquaBounty […]
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The Guardian reports, 17th November 2015: Environmental groups are taking the Canadian government to court in an attempt to halt the production of genetically modified salmon eggs, claiming that the process risks a “huge live experiment” with the genetic make-up of all wild Atlantic salmon. A US firm has been granted permission to produce fertile […]
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Indiegogo.com reports, November 2015: Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve near Tofino, British Columbia, is the Last Great Rainforest on Vancouver Island — world famous for monumental cedars, bears, wolves and whales. It is home to the Hesquiaht, Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations. Wild salmon are the lifeblood of these ancient forests and cultures, providing food and […]
