Seabed Carbon Risks: What Our Evidence Shows
Seabed Carbon Risks: What Our Evidence Shows
A new technical briefing reviews the latest evidence on how trawling, other human activities and climate change affect seabed carbon.
Emerging from the ‘innovation valley of death’: Opportunities and challenges for the seaweed industry in the UK and Europe.
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Elisa Capuzzo, Posted on:
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Aquaculture, biodiversity, Climate Change, Education, Field Research, International, Monitoring, Science, Seaweed
Every new industry or technology requires funding to survive, initially for research and development (R&D), developing processes and products, and then to scaling up to a viable business. A lot of the initial research is supported by public funding, which …
Cefas’ Seascapes project: understanding the benefits and trade-offs associated with managing marine natural capital
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Clement Garcia and Frances Mynott, Posted on:
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Aquaculture, biodiversity, blue carbon, Climate Change, Deep-sea, Fisheries, marine protected areas, mNCEA, Monitoring, natural capital, Policy, Pollution, Science
By Clement Garcia and Frances Mynott, Cefas leads of the mNCEA programme. The Cefas-led project, ‘A seascape natural capital approach for sustainable management (Seascapes)’, is part of a 3-year Defra funded marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. mNCEA …
Navigating Fisheries Science: Insights and emerging issues by fisheries scientists
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Rui Pedro Vieira, Fiona Gilmour, Carl O'Brien, Robert Thorpe and David Murray, Posted on:
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Careers, Fisheries, Monitoring, Renewables, Science, Technology, Uncategorized
In July 2023, The Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) 2023 Annual Symposium, co-convened by the University of Essex and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) aimed to discuss the latest fish biology and fisheries science, …
Fish on Film: the challenges of using AI to improve sustainable fisheries management
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Rebecca Skirrow, Posted on:
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AI, data, Fisheries, Monitoring, Science, Technology
In January this year, Cefas installed a Remote Electronic Monitoring system on our research vessel, the Cefas Endeavour. Why, you might ask… Do you really need to monitor a vessel that is already doing monitoring? Remote Electronic Monitoring - Let’s …
Non-native species can travel the oceans, with a little help from plastic waste
There is an increasing awareness that marine debris, particularly plastic, is more than an eyesore on our beaches. Recent research has shown that it could also transport species, including non-native species, large distances. Plastic has a lower buoyancy than seawater …
See it, Snap it, Report it! Suspected Japanese oyster drill
Those working to protect our Nation’s biodiversity couldn’t do their job without the additional eyes and ears of the public. One way the public can assist is by reporting unusual and new sightings of flora and fauna, but have you …
Strengthening Sri Lanka’s preparedness to respond to oiled wildlife emergencies
Written by Jamie Small, from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), on behalf of JNCC and Cefas, The UK government's Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team share updates on oiled wildlife response training recently delivered in Sri Lanka. JNCC and …
The power of plankton: Advancing our understanding of the role and value of plankton as marine natural capital
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Matthew M Holland, Carolyn Graves, Michelle Devlin, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Mike Best, Posted on:
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adaptation, biodiversity, Climate Change, mNCEA, Monitoring, Science
In this new Marine Science blog, scientists from Cefas, the University of Plymouth, and Environment Agency discuss new research by the Pelagic Natural Capital project (PelCap), which is helping to monitor the impact of human activities on plankton health in …
Safeguarding Global Coral Trade: The Power of a New Visual Guide for Border Inspections
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Joanna Murray, Posted on:
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biodiversity, International, Monitoring, Science, Vulnerable species, Wildlife trade
It’s a dark, damp evening in February 2023 when staff from UK Border Force’s CITES team are called to Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre to inspect a shipment of hard coral. A mismatch between the CITES permit and its packing list …
Expanding the concept of 'blue carbon’: Cefas science on coastal ecosystems and their role in tackling climate change
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Ruth Parker, Michelle Devlin and Julie Bremner, Posted on:
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adaptation, blue carbon, Climate Change, Deep-sea, marine protected areas, mNCEA, Monitoring, Socio Economics
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. …