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Seascapes project: New Year 1 reports published as part of Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme

Seascapes project: New Year 1 reports published as part of Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme

By Frances Mynott and Clement Garcia, Cefas leads for the mNCEA programme. Our understanding of the benefits that our marine and coastal environments provide are improving through the  Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. Started in 2022, mNCEA is …

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Expanding the concept of 'blue carbon’: Cefas science on coastal ecosystems and their role in tackling climate change

Posted by: , and , Posted on: - Categories: adaptation, blue carbon, Climate Change, Deep-sea, marine protected areas, mNCEA, Monitoring, Socio Economics
turtle swimming above seagrass

The importance of mangroves and other blue carbon ecosystems in mitigating the impacts of climate change is once again high on the agenda at this year’s Nature, Land-use, and Oceans Day at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. …

Collaboration and progress through Cefas’ Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme in the Middle East

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Our Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme (CHERP) has recently kicked off another year of activity in the Middle East. With the UN Climate Change COP28 currently underway in the region, we are taking a look back at what we …

Too hot to handle? Marine climate change risks and opportunities for adaptation in the Gulf

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Sunset in the Persian Gulf

As world leaders meet at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai this week, Cefas Middle East Programme Director Will Le Quesne, discusses the challenge of climate change facing the …

Learning lessons from (almost) a decade of MPA monitoring in English waters: where are we now and what happens next?

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In recent years it has become clear, both in the UK and globally, that interventions are urgently needed to protect our precious marine wildlife and safeguard the resources provided to us by the sea. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are tools …

What do a Communications Officer, a Shellfish Scientist and a Fish Health Inspector have in common?

Posted by: , and , Posted on: - Categories: Animal Health, biodiversity, Careers, Education, Field Research, Fisheries, Science

Answer: They all graduated from a Zoology degree at the University of Exeter in 2016!  With the start of a new academic year, this time often comes with big decisions and a lot of uncertainty. Perhaps you’re making decisions on …

Into the deep: How Cefas science of the deep-sea is exploring uncharted waters

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: biodiversity, Deep-sea, Monitoring, Policy, Science

The deep-sea covers more than 60% of the Earth's surface. Deep-sea ecosystems are amongst the least well understood owing to the combined challenges of remoteness, vastness, and the difficulties of exploring its depths. The ‘deep-sea’ is a catch-all term that …

One year on: Cefas generates new tools and evidence to support marine natural capital programme

Posted by: , , , and , Posted on: - Categories: adaptation, biodiversity, Climate Change, mNCEA, Policy, Science

Natural capital refers to parts of the natural environment, such as forests, fisheries, rivers, biodiversity, land and minerals, that provide valuable goods and services to society. Much like human capital (labour, skills and experience), recent reviews recognise that natural capital should …

Making waves: recent contributions of Cefas fisheries science for the future of fisheries management in the UK

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Fishing net onboard a boat

On Monday 17th July, the UK government’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced further steps to deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry and healthy marine environment following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU). As …

Early Career Scientist Interdisciplinary Summer School: a week of fun, facts and FISH!

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Group of people

First things first, who am I? I'm James, an Offshore Fisheries Observer and team leader at Cefas. I have been doing the observer role for almost 4 years now, so I am very much an early career (fisheries) scientist. I …

How science, partnerships and innovation are key to tackling illegal trade of sharks and rays in Indonesia

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Blacktip reef shark 

A standardised training programme for shark and ray trade inspectors, a team of 20 expert trainers increasing staff capacity nationally and a global expert in identifying shark products from DNA are just some of the highlights delivered as part of …

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