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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is calling on coastal communities to help protect England's most precious marine habitats and species.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is seeking to improve understanding across the country of the legal protections, wildlife licensing requirements and responsible behaviours around protected seahorses.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting local people, coastal communities and all those who enjoy spending time in or on the water in The Wash and North Norfolk area to join their upcoming workshops.
The Environment Agency and partners are looking for ways to improve fish passage past barriers and restore the lower River Itchen by Southampton.
The survey results of a Natural England two-year pilot project to monitor seal populations are in.
A sewage pumping station failure killed over 2,000 fish in Melksham, with sewage from a burst rising main also killing fish near Weston-super-Mare.
The Environment Agency is investigating the deaths of endangered native white clawed crayfish.
Marine Management Organisation has prioritised six ecologically significant inshore marine protected areas (MPAs) for assessment and management over the next year.
The recovery of rare, threatened and important habitats and species in English waters is another step closer from today (Friday 22 March 2024).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Throughout 2023, the Marine Management Organisation and Studland Bay Marine Partnership (SBMP) have continued to take forward initiatives to protect Studland Bay’s precious marine ecosystems.
UK government awards nearly £40 million to more than 80 projects through the Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
Winter flood maintenance encourages wildlife and biodiversity into rivers and streams. Widespread eels important indicator of healthy waterways
Cornwall has seen 26 green projects - all aimed at tackling declining biodiversity and restoring its natural environment - delivered since the G7 conference.
Expansion of Solway Firth site boosts England’s network of Marine Protected Areas
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A report has been published revealing the results of a five-week public consultation on extending the sea trout netting season in Yorkshire and the North East.
The Environment Agency is delighted to be involved in an independent, ground-breaking project tracking Atlantic salmon in the River Derwent, starting in April 2020.
Environment Minister, Rebecca Pow, announces new protections for the breeding and foraging grounds of rare and vulnerable seabirds.
Protecting our native white-clawed crayfish from the invasive American signal crayfish
Natural England has confirmed Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast as a new Site of Special Scientific Interest to protect the wildlife of the Tees Estuary.
Natural England announces plans to extend Isles of Scilly Special Protection Area by almost 13,000 hectares.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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