A Defra policy expert from the Marine Species Protection Team writes about her experience of the recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission Having worked on the Marine Species Protection Team at Defra for 18 months, and being deeply interested on …
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 …
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 …
Coral reefs, jellyfish and seahorses are just some of the marine life that will be better protected following the creation of 27 new Marine Conservation Zones today. The UK has one of the world’s richest marine environments and these new …
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