This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
Please note that this blog is no longer being updated. For more information about Defra's work, visit their pages on GOV.UK.
Life on a Research Vessel
Posted by:
Eloise Munday, Posted on:
-
Categories:
Cefas, Marine Conservation Zones, Marine Data, Marine Environment, Marine Operations, Marine Protected Areas
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, …
Watercourse of least resistance for fish in England and Wales
For many fish, moving within rivers or migrating between rivers and the sea is an integral part of their lifecycle, but rivers in England and Wales contain some of the largest numbers of obstructions to this natural ‘fish passage’ of …
New marine plans ensure a sustainable future for our seas
Posted by:
Eloise Munday, Posted on:
-
Categories:
Marine Environment, Marine Management Organisation, Marine Planning
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 …
Agreement reached on mackerel fishing and North Sea fishing quotas
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 …
Fisheries Minister visits Grimsby
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 …
New Common Fisheries Policy now in force
Yesterday marked the first day of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) coming into force. This milestone is the result of more than three years of difficult negotiations, in which the UK took the lead to secure some significant changes …
UK fishing industry trials look at how a discards ban may work in practice
Posted by:
Eloise Munday, Posted on:
-
Categories:
Common Fisheries Policy, Discards Ban, Marine Management Organisation
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 …
Discards ban will change the way we fish our seas
Writing in the Guardian today, Fisheries Minister, George Eustice stressed the importance of recent reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy. This includes banning the shameful practise of throwing perfectly good fish away due to quotas. "Throwing away fish will no …
Royal Navy signs up to protect UK marine conservation areas
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 …
New Common Fisheries Policy to transform fishing practices in Europe
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 …
Related content and links
Love Sea Life is Defra's blog on marine conservation, sustainable fishing, and the work we do to better protect our valuable sea life.
Follow for news and updates, or leave us a comment.