policy

Representatives from the business, science, local government, conservation agencies, and NGOs gathered on Friday to take the next step towards the establishment of a National Marine Park off Plymouth. A boat trip on Friday for representatives around...

The government has announced the designation of a third and final phase of new marine protected areas. These Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) are areas that protect a range of nationally important, rare or threatened habitats and species. Forty-one...

DEFRA is consulting on its future fisheries policy which sets out plans for regulation after the UK exits the European Union. This includes plans to maintain current quota systems and the application of the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) principle...

Last week (22 nd June), the Foreign Secretary announced a new UK strategy that would bring together all of the Government’s current international oceans work for the first time. Overall, this new approach to marine and maritime policy aims to...

DEFRA is consulting on plans for a new environmental body to hold the government to account over the UK’s environmental obligations and ambitions, such as those set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan. The consultation asks whether these...

Defra is now consulting on the third and final tranche of MCZs, which involves the designation of 41 new sites and the addition of further protection to 12 existing sites. The consultation is also an opportunity to provide any relevant scientific or...

A Minister for the Marine Environment is amongst recommendations from the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the British Ecological Society (BES) following a joint workshop which brought their members together to identify how the UK can remain...

The MBA's Matt Frost is at Westminster this week, taking part in the Royal Society's pairing scheme . During his visit Dr Frost will shadow Sheryll Murray MP and learn about her work. As well as attending seminars and panel discussions about how...

The MBA and British Ecological Society (BES) ran a major conference on 31 October looking at the post-Brexit landscape for science and policy. The event aimed to: Identify the key challenges and opportunities for marine environmental policy in the...