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Eating mackerel no longer sustainable because of overfishing, says charity

Mackerel is no longer a sustainable fish to eat because of overfishing, an environmental charity has said. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), which grades the sustainability of fish through a traffic light system called the Good Fish Guide, said ...

05 Apr 2023 at 10:35

Glitter and plastics found in stomachs of seabirds on Welsh Island

Manx shearwaters on Skomer Island in Wales are eating glitter and tiny pieces of plastic, scientists have found, raising fears that plastic ingestion is becoming widespread among this seabird species. A team of UK researchers examined the stomach ...

05 Nov 2022 at 08:17

Scotland

Need to protect marine areas has ‘never been greater’, ministers told

The introduction of measures to prevent “damaging” activities in many of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has “stalled”, environmental campaigners claimed. While green groups celebrated when the Scottish Government designated 32 MPAs a ...

12 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Boots to stop selling all plastic-based wet wipes by end of the year

Boots is to stop selling all wet wipes that contain plastic fibres by the end of the year. The pharmacy chain, which sold more than 800 million wet wipes in the last year, said it would replace plastic-based wipes with plant-based ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

More than 480,000 items of litter removed from UK beaches in nationwide survey

More than 480,000 items of litter were removed from UK beaches in 2023 as part of a nationwide survey. In the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) annual beach clean, 14,721 volunteers picked up rubbish from their local beaches ...

20 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Oysters returned to Firth of Forth for first time in a century

Native oysters have returned to the Firth of Forth for the first time in 100 years following a restoration project. Restoration Forth aims to reintroduce 30,000 oysters to the area and create an oyster reef in the estuary, ...

21 Sept 2023 at 00:01

‘Climate indicator’ sea slugs, whales and returning wildlife in UK seas in 2024

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate change are among the species spotted around the country’s coasts in 2024, The Wildlife Trusts said. Sea monitoring by volunteers and conservationists this year also ...

19 Dec 2024 at 00:01

UK’s first deposit return scheme ‘cannot go ahead as planned’, minister says

Scotland’s planned deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks cans and bottles “cannot go ahead as currently planned”, the minister in charge of it has admitted. Lorna Slater said the scheme – which was to have been ...

06 Jun 2023 at 15:35

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh urges climate action at Cop27 to save corals

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has urged world leaders at Cop27 in Egypt to “put their heads under the water” to see the coral reefs at risk of being lost without rapid climate action. The UN patron of the oceans ...

04 Nov 2022 at 09:00

Mackerel slips further down the sustainability scale in latest ‘good fish guide’

Mackerel is under immense pressure from overfishing, conservationists warned, as they lowered its rating in the latest sustainable fish guide. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has updated its Good Fish ...

09 Apr 2025 at 00:01

More Portuguese man o’war jellyfish spotted along UK coastline

An increase in sightings of Portuguese man o’war jellyfish, which can cause whip-like wounds from their stings, has been recorded in a survey of marine wildlife along the UK coastline. Members of the ...

03 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Food & Drink

Eco-friendly wines and spirits that are good for the ocean

With the summer holidays in full swing, chances are you’re heading to the beach and dipping your toe in the ocean. And the beauty of being close to the sea and wading in for a swim is the hope and ...

17 Aug 2023 at 09:45

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