17 Oct 2016
COAST ‘Protection agency set to approve salmon farm expansion in Arran’s MPA: West coast communities fighting for more say in MPA management ‘The Scottish Salmon Company might sound like a purveyor of wild salmon owned and run by our fellow Scots. But unfortunately, this is not the case. As many west coast communities know to their cost, the […]
03 Oct 2016
Good news from Scotland, countered by the European Commission’s decision to take UK to court (two articles). The foot dragging for over 20 years had to come to an end sometime. A NEW conservation area has been set up in waters off the west of Scotland to help protect harbour porpoise. A Special Area of […]
03 Oct 2016
Conservationists say 48 new protected areas are needed to fill the gaps in the ‘blue belt’ coastal network to ensure wildlife can flourish Conservationists have called for the creation of a further 48 protected areas in English waters that would “fill in the gaps” of a national network designed to ensure healthy and productive seas. […]
03 Oct 2016
Environmental NGOs Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF have urged the European Commission to be rigorous in its assessment of member states’ performance on protecting their oceans, and on member states to fulfil their obligations to protect those areas that are home to Europe’s most threatened marine life. The call comes ahead of this week’s […]
26 Sep 2016
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has announced plans to create a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protection around the United Kingdom and around its Overseas Territories. The UK designated its first marine reserve thirty years ago off the coast of England around the tiny island of Lundy. Since then, it has established Marine Protected Areas around […]
26 Sep 2016
Massive fund – 48 million dollars committed to MPAs At the 2016 Our Ocean conference in Washington, D.C. today, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) released the following statement: ‘The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), along with the Waitt Foundation, the blue moon fund (bmf), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), was pleased to announce today a major […]
12 Sep 2016
The race for vast remote ‘marine protected areas’ may be a diversion Peter Jones The seas around Hawaii are set to become the world’s largest marine protected area, US president Barack Obama has announced. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument will be expanded to more than 1.5 million square kilometres – that’s as big as France, […]
05 Sep 2016
Outgoing Presidents seem to like declaring MPAs – this one is in time for the IUCN World Congress. Openchannels: ‘On 26 August, US President Barack Obama expanded the boundaries of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands from its previous size of 362,000 km2 — already one of the largest MPAs in the […]
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