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Huge reduction in damaging fishing in Dogger Bank following ban

Damaging trawling of the seabed in a marine protected area dropped 98% after a ban came into force – showing the effectiveness of such moves, campaigners said. The number of hours of bottom-towed fishing in Dogger Bank in the North Sea plummeted ...

14 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

New marine protected area plan requires ‘radical rethink’, says fishing group

Leading representatives of Scotland’s fishing industry have called on the Scottish Government to have a “radical rethink” on its plans to introduce new conservation zones at sea. The newly proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), which ...

20 Mar 2023 at 00:01

World has made progress on protecting nature but must act faster, says UN

Countries have made some headway on protecting 30% of Earth’s nature by 2030 but are “not moving nearly far or fast enough”, according to the UN’s first official assessment of international efforts. UN conservationists analysed progress ...

28 Oct 2024 at 16:30

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 ...

12 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Fishing boats trawled protected areas for more than 7,000 hours, analysis shows

UK and EU fishing vessels spent more than 7,000 hours trawling the bottom of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) during 2022, according to new analysis. Data supplied by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) and analysed by Oceana UK appears to show ...

02 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Seven sites receive Government backing to gain Unesco World Heritage status

Seven sites have received Government backing to win Unesco World Heritage status, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced. York city centre, Birkenhead Park and an Iron Age settlement in Scotland could be ...

10 Apr 2023 at 11:59

Local News

North Donegal coast identified as potential marine protected area

North Donegal's coast has been identified as high biodiversity ‘Area of Interest’ for potential Marine Protected Area (MPA) designation, in a recent report by Fair Seas, a coalition of Irish environmental non-governmental ...

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

Greenpeace planning ‘boulder barrier’ in Cornish marine protected zone

Environmental activists are preparing to drop boulders into waters off the coast of Cornwall in a bid to protect rare sea-bed habitat from bottom trawler fishing. Greenpeace UK wants to create a barrier in South West ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Campaigners present ‘vision of hope’ for Scotland to become rewilding nation

A campaign group calling for Scotland to be declared the world’s first “rewilding nation” has presented the Scottish Government with proposals for rewilding 30% of the country’s land and seas. The Scottish Rewilding ...

04 Dec 2024 at 15:27

UK undermining its credibility at global ocean treaty talks, say campaigners

The UK is undermining itself at a UN negotiation to safeguard the world’s oceans because it allows fishing in protected areas off the British coast, campaigners have said. Officially called the Intergovernmental ...

24 Feb 2023 at 02:45

Local News

North Donegal coast identified as potential marine protected area

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

RHS calls for compensation for ‘£6m loss due to road scheme near Wisley gardens’

The Royal Horticultural Society is calling for compensation for a road scheme it says has hit funding for environmental research and community work. The RHS said it has lost £6 million as a result of the ...

17 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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