The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has issued its e-newsletter for February 2015. The content includes the opening of the 2015 round of the ICES Science Fund for project proposals as well as a review of previously funded projects, a call for papers for the ICES Annual Science Conference 2015 which […]
Solway has recently been selected as a suitable case study for the Celtic Seas Partnership Project. Solway is one of three case studies identified as best practice for cross-border management of the marine environment. The Celtic Seas Partnership Project promotes the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which requires co-ordinated and collaborative sustainable […]
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries have issued its newsletter for December 2014. The content of the newsletter includes land obligations for fish catch, the EU Maritime Security Strategy’s Action Plan, new regulations for seafood labelling, the 8th annual European Maritime Day Conference (2015) in Greece, updates from the UN General Assembly 2014 (UNGA), the Portuguese “Basket […]
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has issued its newsletter for December 2014. The content of the newsletter includes fish otoliths and their assistance to ecosystem-based management, ICES Marine Spatial Planning Course in Copenhagen, multispecies stock assessment from the ICES Working Group on Multispecies Assessment Methods (WGSAM) and ICES training course to […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its “Climate Change Synthesis Report” as part of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) for 2014. The report presents topics on observed changes in climate and its causes, the risk and impacts of future climate change, and future adaptation and mitigation. Climate change poses significant threats to […]
The UK MARLISCO Forum is scheduled for the 10th December. MARLISCO (MARine LItter in European Seas: Social AwarenesS and CO-resposibility) is a European Seas project seeking to raise public awareness of litter problems within the marine environment, and to promote sustainable management to reduce marine litter originating from land and sea based sources. The marine environmental […]
The Celtic Seas Partnership encourages stakeholders to get involved in developing ideas and initiatives to achieve ‘Good Environmental Status’ in the Celtic Seas by 2020 in accordance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Resulting from a series of workshops, surveys and consultations with multiple stakeholders, the Partnership is now setting up five thematic task groups to […]
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries have issued their newsletter for November 2014. The content of the newsletter includes the appointment of Commissioner Vella for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and how he seeks to make the European sea’s environmentally and economically sustainable, Political agreements for deep sea fishing opportunities within the North-East Atlantic for 2015-2016, an update on […]
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries have issued their newsletter for October 2014. The content of the newsletter includes tackling illegal fishing issues in Sri Lanka, Belize, Fiji, Panama, Togo and Vanuatu, Commission decreases deep sea fishing opportunities in the North-East Atlantic to protect vulnerable species, European Fisheries Fund and associated local developments, proposed multiannual fisheries management […]
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has produced its E-Newsletter for November 2014. The content of the E-Newsletter includes the development of technical guidance for four descriptors described within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), developments of the ICES interactive popular advice map with the addition of Skate species, Marine Strategy […]