‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report

Analysis shows alarming prevalence of harmful fishing methods thought to ‘destroy whole ecosystems’

Today we stood shoulder to shoulder with people across the nation to tell the UK government: No more oil and gas, stop destroying marine life and fuelling the climate crisis. The Rosebank oil field...

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Issuing licences in the North Sea without accounting for environmental impact was unlawful, Oceana UK says

A poll for the Blue Marine Foundation conservation group found Scots support 40% of waters being set aside for nature restoration.

UK fishermen will not be permitted to catch or swap any of the UK’s 5,773 tonnes of North Sea sandeel quota in 2023.

There are fewer than 400 of critically endangered species left and sighting gives ‘glimmer of hope’

‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns

The whale was spotted as the schoolchildren were returning from a trip to Sark.

Bottom trawling uses nets that can be as large as a football field that can damage marine habitats, campaigners say.

Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas, going a step further than Greece's April decision by banning it in all territorial waters.

OCEANIC MICROPLASTICS - Research suggests that plastic pollution must be reduced by at least 5% every year to make progress towards UN targets by the end of the century.

The once-endangered fish have returned in their thousands, giving hope to coastal communities and environmentalists who want to ensure it does not vanish again

Supreme Court has ruled Surrey Council should have considered the climate change impacts of new oil wells.

A ban on the trade in shark fins is set to be signed into law, as a bill introduced to the UK Parliament following conservation charity Shark Guardian’s successful 2020 ‘Finspire Change‘ campaign –...

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Eight in ten adults in the UK (81%) feel that bottom trawling should be banned in marine protected areas (MPAs).

Have you heard of supertrawlers? There are currently eight Europe-registered supertrawlers licensed to fish in British waters.

The introduction of measures to prevent “damaging” activities in many of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has “stalled”,…

Conservationists call for end to subsidies that make up 15% to 18% of industry’s income and threaten to ‘empty the ocean of fish’

A year-long study finds the animals are back in the Seychelles where they were hunted in the 1960s.

Activities such as mining, dredging and bottom trawling in most MPAs mean conservation targets will be missed, say researchers

The new measures will allow for the development of a new creel fishery, the government says.

Campaigners argued the project would not help the UK's energy security as the oil will be produced for export by the Norwegian state-owned company Equinor, doing nothing to lower energy bills.

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Researchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rot

The Labour Party's victory in the UK general election has opened up the prospect of harmonisation and collaboration with the EU, according to Europe's fishing industry, although concerned about...

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