MARINET http://www.marinet.org.uk/rss.xml MARINET is the voluntary network of Friends of the Earth Local Groups tasked with managing marine conservation issues for national Friends of the Earth. Goldfish RSS webmaster@marinet.org.uk en Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:19:46 GMT Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:28:02 GMT UK marine reserves described as little other than "paper parks" http://bit.ly/JphH4Z A marine-protected area in the United Kingdom is an area inside a line drawn on a map — and that's about it. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:32:23 GMT Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd, arrested in Germany http://bit.ly/Jphxur The veteran anti-whaling campaigner, Paul Watson, has been arrested in Germany on charges relating to an incident in 2002 when the boat he was piloting attempted to stop poachers illegally killing sharks. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:31:59 GMT Global eel population has declined by 99% during last three decades http://bit.ly/JphnDg Marine biologists are racing to solve a unique problem which is crucial to their efforts to save the world's wild eel populations from catastrophic collapse. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:31:28 GMT Warm water species spreading into UK seas, including bluefin tuna http://bit.ly/Jphfnj Exotic warm water marine species such as anchovy, bluefin tuna, stingray, and thresher shark are spreading northwards into British coastal waters, where average sea temperatures are now moving closer to the warmer conditions of southern Europe. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:31:05 GMT European Parliament's Environment Committee makes clear recommendations on CFP reform http://bit.ly/J9z8bM The Environment Committee in the European Parliament has voted in favour of measures aimed at rebuilding fish stocks. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:55:07 GMT UK and Denmark to explore electricity "supergrid" connection http://bit.ly/J9z6k5 Ambitious plans to deliver a North Sea 'supergrid' capable of transmitting renewable energy between Northern European countries have taken a leap forward after the UK and Denmark announced the launch of a new feasibility study on a proposed electricity interconnector between the two countries. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:54:44 GMT Wet April causes "poor start" to water quality for UK's 2012 sea bathing season http://bit.ly/J9z37W Heavy recent rains are flushing raw sewage into coastal waters, ruining the water quality at popular beaches around the UK just as the bathing season begins, according to the Marine Conservation Society Sun, 13 May 2012 17:54:20 GMT Action to protect albatrosses in the Indian Ocean http://bit.ly/J9yYBj After long deliberations stretching across five days, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission has agreed, 26th April 2012, to measures that could result in significant reductions in the deaths of albatrosses, who accidentally get snagged on long-line fishing hooks and then drown. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:53:34 GMT Senegal cancels the licences of foreign fishing trawlers http://bit.ly/J9yVVW The new government of Senegal has cancelled the licences of 29 foreign fishing trawlers, demanding that they offload their catches in the capital Dakar before leaving the west African country's territorial waters. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:53:06 GMT Speculation that China will invest in new UK coastal nuclear power stations http://bit.ly/J9yTh4 China looks set to step into the vacuum left in the UK's nuclear new build programme, after reports this morning revealed two groups from the country are interested in buying the Horizon joint venture put up for sale by E.On and RWE in March. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:52:45 GMT Hallsands revisited — the first evidenced case of dredging induced erosion http://bit.ly/J9yB9O The first recorded and evidenced instance of serious coastal erosion due to offshore aggregate dredging took place when the South Devon village of Hallsands was swept away in 1917, ninety five years ago, following offshore aggregate dredging of 382,000 cubic metres of sand and shingle between 1897 and 1902. Sun, 13 May 2012 17:52:10 GMT Happisburgh Houses meet their fate http://bit.ly/J9yNWH Sun, 13 May 2012 17:51:34 GMT