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Cefas has extended the contract for the management of its research vessel with P&O Maritime Services (P&OMS) for an additional two years.
Campaign launched to put forward names for a new polar research ship being built at the world-famous Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Research shows that eels tracked more than 2,000km from Mediterranean to Atlantic are likely to be able to reach Sargasso Sea to spawn
New research shows that recent devastating outbreaks of Vibrio disease witnessed in Latin America are linked to significant El Niño events
Cefas and the University of Exeter are leading on project to develop and apply new molecular biology techniques in aquaculture.
The IMO brings the international maritime industry together.
UK industry well-placed to exploit global market opportunities in marine systems integration, autonomous vessels and superyacht manufacture.
Two-day showcase event for industry, taking place on Cefas Endeavour at Portland Bill, opened by new CEO Tom Karsten
Sightings of bluefin tuna off the English South West coast have been reported to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
What to do if you find Canadian Homarus americanus lobsters and Dungeness Cancer magister crabs
We are inviting people to give us their views on introducing more Marine Conservation Zones
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Works associated with the laying of the undersea electricity cable between the UK and Norway have been approved by the MMO.
Trade in manta rays and five shark species is being restricted from 14 September 2014 to protect their populations from declining.
The first ever plans for the future of the seas around England have been published.
A revised charging structure for marine licences will be in place from 6 April 2014.
27 new Marine Conservation Zones have been created to help better protect our rich marine life. These will join over 500 marine protected areas that already exist in the UK.
Richard Benyon has responded to an article in the Times by stressing that we cannot designate all proposed 127 Marine Conservation Zones without the evidence we need.
The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to create Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to protect the UK’s rich marine environment, Natural…
Greater Manchester can put itself on the map as a low carbon metropolis, Environment Minister Lord de Mauley said today ahead of his visit to…
Over 330 square km of marine habitat off the coast of Dorset will be given greater protection, Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced today.
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