High Court challenge against Defra and Environment Agency An Essex oyster farmer and others have taken legal action against Defra in a bid to curb sewage dumping in inshore waters. Tom Haward (pictured above) of Richard Haward’s Oysters of West…
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), whose annual Good Fish Guide made headlines last year when it removed some Scottish crab and lobster stocks from its ‘recommended’ list, due to possible interactions with cetaceans, published its 2023 update last week. For…
Creel fisheries told: ‘You need an FMP’ The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) announced last week updates to its Good Fish Guide, a long-established publication that has often made waves with some of its broad-brush assessments of fish available to UK…
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is offering a free webinar to help businesses source sustainable seafood. ‘Conscious consumption’ is on the rise, with 43% of seafood consumers saying sustainability is a key consideration in their purchase in a 2021 YouGov…
Launching their new report – ‘Shifting gears – achieving climate-smart fisheries’ – WWF, the RSPB and the MCS call for a raft of restrictive measures aimed mainly at trawling but also including REM and VMS on all vessels fishing in…
– SNP ‘no’ to fisheries bill – Shetland midwater trawlers land herring at Lerwick – Leigh fisherman elected chairman of town council – MCS urges sustainability in fisheries bill – MPs: ‘Ban supertrawlers after Brexit’ – MMO to launch…
Scottish industry blasts Marine Conservation Society. Above: SFSAG haddock has held MSC accreditation since 2010. The Scottish industry is furious at advice to the public that North Sea and west of Scotland haddock stocks are at risk and consumption should be…
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