27 Jun 2023

The Environment Agency has urged anglers to report catches or sightings of invasive Pacific pink salmon, which are expected to appear in UK waters this year. In 2019 and 2021, there were numerous sightings of invasive pink salmon in UK waters and – with the breed having a fixed, two-year life cycle and generally spawning […]

25 Aug 2021

Have you caught a Pacific pink salmon in England? The inland and coastal waters of England are home to a host of different fish species, but we can now add another name to that list, the Pacific pink salmon. Up until recently, catching a Pacific pink salmon was as rare as netting a red herring. […]

11 Feb 2020

Thousands of bodies washed up on North America’s Pacific coast: Study finds common murres probably died of starvation  A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant “blob” of hot ocean, according to new research.  A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called common murres, probably died of […]

10 Sep 2018

There is a great deal of coverage of the full scale trial of the Boyan Slat boom technology (Ocean Clean Up) and its deployment in the Pacific Garbage patch. One wonders given the high level of fishing net amongst this debris whether a different – hook and catch technology – linked to a Net Works […]

03 Apr 2018

Two articles      The scale of plastic pollution in the marine environment is growing and UK backtrack on their blocking moves to agree with Europe on recycling targets and the circular economy. Unearthed, Greenpeace ‘Investigative journalism does make a difference. Back in January, we revealed that although the UK government was promising ambitious new recycling targets […]