13 Jul 2019
BBC Salmon farming giant Mowi has offered to close two “contentious” Scottish sea loch sites in exchange for permission to relocate them to offshore waters. Mowi said it had identified its sites at Loch Ewe and Loch Duich as “candidates for relocation”. It also cited their proximity to sensitive wild salmonid habitats as reasons for […]
13 Jul 2019
Dustin Marshall et al: Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are important tools for managing marine ecosystems. MPAs are expected to replenish nearby exploited populations through the natural dispersal of young, but the models that make these predictions rely on assumptions that have recently been demonstrated to be incorrect for most species of fish. A meta‐analysis […]
14 May 2019
£500k to tip the balance of the Broads Norfolk Wildlife Trust ‘Two of the largest Broads in Norfolk will have their underwater ecology ‘manipulated’ to restore their clear water and in turn the water plants that were once commonplace across Broadland’s waterways. Norfolk Wildlife Trust has received almost half a million pounds for its ambitious project […]
30 Apr 2019
The entrainment and capture of fish on screens for cooling water intakes of power stations is relatively well understood. The status of many migratory fish stocks that use estuaries are in many regions under threat. One would have thought that any devices that mitigated against unwanted bycatch of fish by cooling intakes would have been […]
15 Jan 2019
Environment Agency ‘We are consulting on future close season arrangements for coarse fishing on English rivers. The current coarse fishing close season on rivers, some canals and some stillwaters runs from 15 March to 15 June. There is no close season on most canals and most stillwaters. We want to better understand the risks and […]
17 Sep 2018
Leaving the EU will involve a combination of changes in tariffs, non-tariff measures, and also the amount of fish quotas that can be caught by the UK and the EU respectively. Several politicians and commentators have stated that Brexit means that the UK can take back control of its fishing waters. Suzannah Walmsley, Fisheries Specialist […]
01 Aug 2018
Good news story – The Rivers Trust have launched a new film about the Green Port Hull Fish Mitigation Project with Associated British Ports and the Environment Agency. The projects, carried out by Aire Rivers Trust, Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust and Don Catchment Rivers Trust have helped salmon and other migratory fish reach new spawning […]
15 May 2018
Sound recordings reveal the changes caused by habitat degradation ‘Climate change is causing widespread damage to the world’s tropical coral reefs, via increases in cyclones and mass bleaching. Healthy populations of reef fishes facilitate recovery from such events, and recruitment of juvenile fish is influenced by acoustic cues that guide larval orientation, habitat selection, and […]
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