Throughout this year’s Invasive Species Week, an annual event organised by the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat (GB NNSS), we have explored the many detrimental impacts invasive non-native species can have on our ecosystems and society. Whilst prevention remains the most …
Invasive non-native species, both plants and animals, threaten our native wildlife, natural ecosystems, economy, health, and interfere with activities we enjoy. Invasive Species Week is led by the GB Non Native Species Secretariat and is an annual event to raise …
By Michelle Devlin, Naomi Greenwood, Carolyn Graves, Robert Brookes (Cefas), Mike Best (EA), Eugene O’Kane, Adam Mellor (AFBI), Mark Charlesworth (NRW), David Johns (MBA) Monitoring water quality and plankton in the Irish sea involves the joint effort and expertise of …
Authors: Angharad Elliman, Freya Goodsir, Todd Last From November 12th to 22nd, 2024, the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) teams from Cefas and JNCC, embarked on a technical visit to Sri Lanka. This visit was part of a broader effort …
Author: Amy Anderson (MMO) In October, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)’s Global Marine Team undertook a deployment to Madagascar under the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP). The Ocean Country Partnership Programme is a bilateral technical assistance and capacity building programme …
In October, the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team from Cefas visited the Maldives to enhance local expertise in the collection of data from fishers, water quality monitoring and OSPAR methods of beach monitoring. The visit began with adverse weather …
In July the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team from Cefas visited Maldives to attend the Fifth Maldives Marine Science Symposium and to progress work with various OCPP partners. Aerial view of Maldives islands The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) …
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) collaboration with Sri Lanka on shark, ray and chimaera conservation through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) was furthered in mid-November with a UK visit from the Sri Lankan Director General and …
Authors: Lois Duff, Hannah Lawson A team from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) travelled to Sri Lanka in July 2024 to build on the support offered through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP). …
Climate change is altering the distribution of many marine fish species, with widespread impacts on biodiversity, with the potential to jeopardise world food security. Most studies to date focus on how commercially exploited fish species will be affected by climate …