Written by Miriam Lugg, Natural England Research Advisor It’s 4:30am in the morning, and the shout “on the bottom!” comes through to the lab from the deck. The Hamon grab, a mechanical contraption used to take samples from the sea floor, …
By Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The seas surrounding the UK are vitally important to our nation. Our marine economy is currently worth more than £49 billion a year and has the potential …
An agreement has been reached between the EU, Faroe Islands and Norway, with a great result for the UK, following years of negotiations over mackerel fishing. The agreement reached will mean that the EU, Norway and Faroe Islands will all …
On Monday and Tuesday of this week the Fisheries Minister George Eustice visited Grimsby where he saw first-hand the significance of the area to fish processing in the UK. He kicked off his visit on Monday night by having a …
Grant Course, Senior Marine Trials Officer at the Marine Management Organisation, writes about how trials are looking at how a fish discards ban may work. Fisheries Minister George Eustice recently said that the UK is: “committed to further extension of …
The Royal Navy has adopted a new approach to minimising its impact on the environment that could become a blueprint for other Naval services. It has produced Environmental Protection Guidelines (Maritime) (EPG(M)), an interactive military layer of electronic charting which …
An historic deal to reform the broken Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has today been agreed by the EU Parliament and will become law on 1 January 2014. The final deal follows more than three years of difficult negotiations, in which …
Did you know that Natural England has an in-house Dive Survey Team? This year Ian Saunders, a Senior Adviser in the Marine Data Management and Geographic Information team, took part in several dives with his team to gather data at a …
Kevan Cook, from Natural England’s Marine Evidence and Advice Team, gives us a quick glimpse into the many and varied tasks that he takes on in a typical day. Typical days are hard to describe as one day does tend …
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have made an animated video explaining marine planning. Marine planning is a new approach to the management of our seas. The aim is to ensure a sustainable future for our coastal and offshore waters through …
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