Q&A: The Antarctic krill fishery
We ask Dimitri Sclabos, of Tharos Ltd., a world-leading krill consultancy, what the future holds for the Antarctic krill fishery?
Q: What aspect of the boom in commercial...
Reef fish: worth more alive than dead
Despite the precarious state of our marine environment scuba diving is still one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Perhaps it is...
Shark protection is finally gaining some momentum
There have been some small but significant developments recently in the fight to save sharks from possible extinction. Let's hope that it's a sign...
Vineyard Vines cancels shark tournament sponsorship
Clothing retailer Vineyard Vines joins a long list of corporations including AON, Astoria Bank, Budweiser, BASF, Foley Caterpillar, Goslings Rum, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank...
Supersized plunder: Parlevliet & Van der Plas’s fishing fleet
Fishing Vessel Annelies Ilena, one of the world's biggest supertrawlers, has been detained by the Irish navy for suspected illegal fishing off the coast of Ireland.
But who...
Is the RSPB failing seabirds?
In recent reports the RSPB claim that climate change is altering the availability of sandeels and causing seabirds such as kittiwakes, Arctic terns and Arctic skuas to fail...
The world’s ocean has reached crisis point
There are alternatives to the way we treat the marine environment, but they require a change in the way we think and act. Land...
Protecting our Blue Planet too: the year in ocean conservation
Along with 17 million Brits, I ended the year watching in awe as Sir David Attenborough and the Blue Planet II team showed us...
Lack of predators boosting Scottish shellfish?
In 1975 roughly 262,413 tonnes of demersal fish and 20,000 tonnes of shellfish were landed at Scottish ports.In 2003 99,654 tonnes of demersal fish...
Possible EU temporal eel fishing closure and its potential implications for glass eel trafficking
In 2017, the EU Council of Ministers agreed on a three month fishing closure for eels but excluded glass eels (juveniles < 12 cm)....