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The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Council of the Exploration of the Sea
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Innovators are invited to identify how marine geospatial data can be used to find suitable sites for offshore wind, tidal stream and wave energy infrastructure
Neil Hornby has been appointed as the new chief executive of Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science).
New research by Substance and Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), funded by Defra, has provided insight into what recreational sea anglers value most when considering fisheries management.
Read about the work of the Blue Belt Programme in UK Overseas Territories in the 2019-2020 annual update.
The FHI will remain in operation by carrying out essential statutory duties while government measures are inplace for the control of COVID-19
Update on the support for aquaculture businesses under the Fisheries Response Fund
How we are keeping staff, partners and communities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) have found Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in fish at the following sites in England and Wales
Applications are now open for a second round of the £10 million UK Seafood Innovation Fund to transform the future landscape of the seafood industry.
Controls now lifted at Arden Lakes following the completion of the statutory surveillance and sampling programme which were negative for the presence of SVC
Seafood Innovation Fund will reward cutting-edge innovation.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Cefas has been designated by the OIE as the Collaborating Centre for Emerging Aquatic Animal Disease.
UK global approach to tackling the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gets UN recognition.
An RSS Discovery expedition to UK Overseas Territories to explore marine environments in the South Atlantic has departed.
Cefas has been designated as a United Nations FAO Reference Centre for Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation, helping to ensure safe and sustainable shellfish.
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey is in Vanuatu for the South Pacific Region Commonwealth Litter Programme conference.
A team of researchers, led by the Environment Agency, may be close to solving one of science’s most enduring mysteries – where does the European Eel spawn and what migration route do they follow to get there?
A new tagging programme is exploring the behaviour and migration of Atlantic bluefin tunas, to better understand recent sightings around the UK.
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