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Cefas scientists will be supporting new programmes to work with international and UK partners to tackle marine pollution and support adoption of sustainable seafood practices.
Cefas scientists support Sri Lanka in response to X-press Pearl Pollution incident.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A round up of recent prosecutions brough by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
Find out how we help partners across government to build safe, secure and thriving oceans
The ocean wildlife and diverse ecosystems of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) will soon be more visible than ever thanks to pioneering work to establish a major network of underwater camera deployments.
Scallop fishing in UK waters of the North Sea around Dogger Bank can resume from 5 April except in the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) where a closure will remain in place.
Government invests £20 million to develop innovative zero emission vessels and clean port infrastructure.
Formal consultation on four of England’s 40 offshore Marine Protected Areas ends on 28 March.
Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launches formal consultation seeking views on proposals to manage activity in four of England’s offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Marine science agency's new Chief Executive takes the helm.
In 2012 the Fisheries Administration introduced the requirement for vessels using bottom trawls and seines to use Square Meshed Panels (SMP) to improve selectivity and protect juvenile fish in the Celtic Sea.
Expansion of Solway Firth site boosts England’s network of Marine Protected Areas
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
Expansion of a protected area in the Isles of Scilly.
Commitment for 30% of the ocean to be protected by 2030
A Defra study shows that exposure to marine and coastal environments has positive effects on human health and well-being.
Scallop fishing in the North Sea around Dogger Bank will be suspended for four weeks from Sunday 12 July 2020
Read about the work of the Blue Belt Programme in UK Overseas Territories in the 2019-2020 annual update.
Statement by Tom Woodroffe, UK Development Counsellor at the UN, at the meeting of the Group of Friends to Combat Marine Plastic
£10 million fund for England’s fishing and aquaculture sectors has been announced.
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