The Securing Sustainable Inshore Fisheries – Northern Regions workshop took place in Whitby last week Without fish there’s no fishery, but also without someone to catch the fish, there is no fishery.” This is a sentiment that is often aired…
New study has found that expanding Pacific oyster farming has minimal impacts on ecosystems – and some evidence of greater biodiversity around farms By Tim Oliver New research has found that farming Pacific oysters has few negative impacts on the…
Two NGOs, Oceana and the Blue Marine Foundation, have launched a widely reported attack on the fuel tax exemption provided to the UK fishing industry, claiming that this is ‘threatening to empty the ocean of fish’. The attack follows a…
The NGO Blue Marine Foundation has announced it is intending to take legal action against Defra. Its action, it says, aims to force Defra to restrict the issue of UK quotas to limits within ICES advice. In setting catch limits…
The Blue Marine Crab and Lobster Symposium last November brought together scientists, managers and fishermen to discuss the way ahead. Late last year, the Blue Marine Foundation hosted an intense one- day Crab and Lobster Symposium attended by a range…
The NGO Blue Marine Foundation is hosting a free online Whelk Symposium on 22 June, from 2-6pm, to share current knowledge and support ongoing work to safeguard the long-term health of UK whelk populations and sustainable fisheries. Speakers and presenters…
Over 120 attendees tuned in to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fisheries’ first event of 2022, which took place on 22 February and was entitled ‘Fisheries and Protected Areas’. Participants at the APPG event heard from speakers from across…
Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Blue Marine Foundation, as part of a collaboration within the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project, are asking Sussex fishers to participate in a survey on sedimentation of the seabed in the area, following growing concerns about…
Joint-funded by the Blue Marine Foundation and Dorset and East Devon FLAG, a new storage facility for live lobsters will soon be in operation at Axmouth harbour in East Devon. Phil Lockley reports Officially opened on 14 January, the lobster…
