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Knowseas Project Results

| January 5, 2012
Knowseas Project Results

From MASTS (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland) One of the huge gaps in marine policy research is understanding the views of the public when it comes to valuing and managing the marine environment. While as engaged researchers we naturally place the marine environment high within our own values – but are the the [...]

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Sainsbury’s – West coast prawns NOT sustainable

| December 30, 2011
Sainsbury’s – West coast prawns NOT sustainable

Sainsbury’s, the food retailer,  have removed all mention of ‘sustainability’ from the packaging of their prawn products sourced from the Scottish Langoustine Project. Sainsbury’s have published the following statement on their Twitter feed which would seem to suggest that they no longer view their prawns as sustainably-sourced : “We implemented our sustainability rating system in [...]

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Clyde SSMEI not fit for purpose

| December 8, 2011
Clyde SSMEI not fit for purpose

The EC has developed a set of common principles for marine spatial planning in the European Union. An examination of the Clyde Pilot SSMEI (Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative) against those principles has found major shortcomings in the Clyde Pilot. In a paper by Flannery and Cinneide (2011) they conclude the pilot “largely failed to [...]

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EU Commercial fishermen obscuring payments

| November 17, 2011
EU Commercial fishermen obscuring payments

A TRANSPARENCY project which in 2009 launched an online database of EU fisheries subsidies from 1994 to 2006, has launched a new database of payments under the European Fisheries Fund, from 2007 to 2010. However, the co-founders of the web site have sounded a warning about the deteriorating quality of data released to the public, [...]

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Another honour for Hugh’s Fish Fight

| November 8, 2011
Another honour for Hugh’s Fish Fight

HUGH’S Fish Fight, the acclaimed TV series which highlighted the scandal of fish discards, has picked up another honour having won the Best British Documentary Series title at the Grierson Trust Awards. The series has already had a major impact on fish eating habits in the UK and speeded up demands for changes to the [...]

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Report shows commercials can reduce discards

| November 7, 2011
Report shows commercials can reduce discards

A new report shows that the dreadful waste of thousands of tonnes of dead fish could be stopped – easily !!!!! Published today, the report shows that fishermen taking part in the UK’s Catch Quota trials are discarding less than one per cent of the cod and sole they catch. This is far less than [...]

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UK trawlers fail to deliver best value

| October 13, 2011
UK trawlers fail to deliver best value

New research from independent think-tank nef (the new economics foundation) reveals how fleets with greatest access to fish stocks deliver less value to society than those with smaller quotas. Allocating fish quota and funds across the fleet without any social and environmental criteria is costing the UK economy, environment and society, according to a new [...]

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End of line wins award

| October 13, 2011
End of line wins award

The documentary The End of the Line has won one of the film world’s most valuable awards after being hailed for bringing about real change in its efforts to stop the oceans being emptied of fish. It was announced the winner of the inaugural Puma Creative Impact Award at a ceremony in Central London. The [...]

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