by Niall Duffy | Nov 7, 2023 | International, News
Plans to introduce restrictive HPMAs in 10% of Scotland’s seas have officially been cancelled. Scottish Government Minister Màiri McAllan announced her party will no longer pursue the plans to restrict fishing in some of Scotland’s fishing grounds. Ms McAllan...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 20, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published the finding of the MPA report the Irish Sea. The report entitled “Ecological sensitivity analysis of the western Irish Sea to inform future designation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)” was...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 23, 2023 | News, UK
The thorny topic of highly protected marine areas (HMPAs) has reached the campaign to find Scotland’s next first minister – with SNP candidate Kate Forbes saying she would scrap the plans as they stand. The MSP is reported as saying that she would prefer to...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 13, 2022 | Ireland, News
Ireland announces major boost in marine environmental protection to coincide with COP15 Area of Irish waters and seafloor allocated for biodiversity conservation now tripled and 10% area target on track for mid-2023 New Marine Protected Areas legislation will...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 1, 2022 | Ireland, News
MMO response to actions by Greenpeace in South West Deeps MMO has a statutory responsibility to protect our precious marine environment. We had already announced a programme of work to manage all fishing activities in England’s 40 offshore marine protected areas...
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