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A bylaw which will see trawling excluded from a 117 square mile area of Sussex coastline to allow the recovery of kelp forests has been propsed. It follows an MCS-supported campaign ‘Help our Kelp’ that was also backed by Sir David Attenborough.
An olive ridley turtle rescued by swimmers off Seaford beach, East Sussex, has died say staff at Brighton’s Sea Life Centre.
Plenty more fish in the sea? Maybe not! The way we catch and produce fish is damaging our seas. Fishing and fish farming are changing our oceans and we’re driving the demand for fish that are endangered or at risk.
This week, on 16th and 17th December, annual negotiations for fishing quotas in the EU will commence between EU Member States. These negotiations are set to be unlike any previous as they may well be the last for the UK.
David Bellamy became a household name as a TV personality, scientist and conservationist and was among a group of divers who founded what was to become the Marine Conservation Society in the 1970’s, playing a huge part in getting marine conservation on the map of the UK.
Nature photographer Dan Thurling has captured upsetting images of a grey seal pup chewing on a glass Starbucks bottle. The pictures were taken in Donna Nook nature reserve in Lincolnshire, the area is home to one of the UK’s largest breeding colonies of grey seals.
At MCS, we’re committed to #STOPthePlasticTide and we’re working tirelessly towards a future of safe and healthy seas where less and less plastic is getting into our oceans and washing up on our beaches. We’re always on the lookout for other organisations, companies and individuals that are committed to the same goal as us, and so we’re pleased to announce a new partnership with PomPom.
We’re happy to announce that Advent of Change, a non-profit organisation that creates charitable products and campaigns, is supporting MCS with their unique children’s advent calendar for Christmas 2019, alongside 23 other charities.
I grew up in North Hampshire only an hour’s drive from the sea and spent annual family holidays on South Devon’s picturesque coast in Salcombe, captivated by its golden sandy beaches and turquoise water.
Against all of the Brexit turmoil, MCS’s intrepid Public Affairs Manager, Emma Crane, headed to Bournemouth, Brighton and Manchester to make sure that politicians and policy advisers heard about the issues that MCS care about and to push for the policy changes that are urgently needed to protect our marine environment.
Calum Duncan, MCS Head of Conservation Scotland, recalls an encounter with a basking shark and reflects on the ground-breaking tagging studies which underline the case for the Sea of the Hebrides MPA.
The aquaculture industry uses more than 75% of the world fish oil supply to produce fish feed. If humans are to keep their omega-3 index at scientifically recommended levels, renewable supplies of omega-3 for aquafeed are needed. Is marine microalgae the answer?
The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is looking for thousands of volunteers to clean up the nation’s beaches during this year’s Great British Beach Clean event (20th -23rd September).
MCS welcomes the Environment Secretary’s decision to launch an independent review to consider whether Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) would add further protections to the seas around England and Northern Ireland.
The Marine Conservation Society welcomes today’s announcement by the government of the creation of 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), but warns that proper investment in their management and monitoring must be made if they are to benefit both people and wildlife.
Royal Ballet soloist Fernando Montano is taking a step in a new direction, raising awareness of ocean pollution by staging an event at the Royal Academy of Music in London in July.
The Marine Conservation Society has warned Welsh Local Authorities and elements within government that they will be failing young people if they refuse to back a money-back recycling system which encourages consumers to return their empty glass and plastic bottles and cans.
The CEO of the UK’s leading marine conservation charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), has urged Michael Gove to follow the example set by Scotland today in designing an ambitious all-inclusive money-back recycling system for bottles and cans.
A bylaw which will see trawling excluded from a 117 square mile area of Sussex coastline to allow the recovery of kelp forests has been propsed. It follows an MCS-supported campaign ‘Help our Kelp’ that was also backed by Sir David Attenborough.
An olive ridley turtle rescued by swimmers off Seaford beach, East Sussex, has died say staff at Brighton’s Sea Life Centre.
Plenty more fish in the sea? Maybe not! The way we catch and produce fish is damaging our seas. Fishing and fish farming are changing our oceans and we’re driving the demand for fish that are endangered or at risk.
This week, on 16th and 17th December, annual negotiations for fishing quotas in the EU will commence between EU Member States. These negotiations are set to be unlike any previous as they may well be the last for the UK.
David Bellamy became a household name as a TV personality, scientist and conservationist and was among a group of divers who founded what was to become the Marine Conservation Society in the 1970’s, playing a huge part in getting marine conservation on the map of the UK.
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