19 Nov 2019
The Environment Agency’s water quality monitoring programme has come under fire obtained by Unearthed shows the number of samples as data and sampling points has fallen by nearly 50% since 2013. The steep decline has raised serious concerns over the state of England’s environmental regulation as it prepares for a dramatic change in the legal and regulatory […]
09 Nov 2019
Kate Lock NRW: ‘I am pleased to provide you with the link to the Skomer MCZ project status report 2018-19. This report provides an up to date summary of results of all the biological and oceanographic monitoring projects completed at Skomer MCZ of which many provide important long term monitoring data sets. If you are […]
17 Sep 2018
Greenpeace: The government is failing to monitor almost half of England’s “most important wildlife sites”, putting them at risk of fly tipping, pollution, water contamination, invasive species, and the unchecked impacts of a changing climate. Of the 4,126 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) currently in existence, 47% have not been examined in the last […]
08 Mar 2018
Environment Agency: ‘A DNA based metabarcoding approach to assess diatom communities in rivers A novel, DNA based method to monitor and assess the make-up of diatom communities in rivers. This project has established a novel, DNA based method to monitor and assess the make-up of diatom communities in rivers. This new approach will mean we can […]
28 Feb 2018
The Environment Agency are undertaking a review of monitoring activities to transform how they will commission, plan and deliver monitoring (the Strategic Monitoring Review or SMR). CaBA: The aim is to derive even greater value from investment in information collection and use, with a greater emphasis on catchment data needs, partnerships and engagement. The review […]
30 Oct 2017
Remote electronic monitoring – Why camera technology is a cost-effective and robust solution to improving UK fisheries management All of the UK’s fishing fleet should be fitted with electronic monitoring technology after Brexit in order to protect fish stocks from poor management and potentially illegal landings of fish, campaigners have urged. Remote monitoring technology, including closed circuit television, is […]
20 Mar 2017
MMO (7th March) South West characterisation disposal project: New site announced The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced a new disposal site to be known as Plymouth Deep in the South West area. The MMO facilitated the process of the designation of the new site by the funding partners including Associated British Ports (ABP), Cattewater, Defence […]
14 Nov 2016
The latest report in the series by Plymouth University (dated March 2015) has just popped out of the system about a year after it was completed. This and previous reports provide an interesting assessment of change within an area closed to towed gear. Natural England has published ‘Lyme Bay – A case study: Response of […]
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