Press office news tagged marine-conservation
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Marine policy expert addresses Parliamentary meeting on post-BREXIT fishing landscape
University marine policy expert Dr Abigal McQuatters-Gollop addresses a Parliamentary briefing on the opportunities and challenges of UK fishing in a post-Brexit world
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University research informs the government’s ambitious plan for conservation
University research at the Marine Protected Area of Lyme Bay has helped to inform Defra's new 25-year conservation plan
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University signs up to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The University of Plymouth has signed a voluntary commitment to use its world-leading research and teaching to support the implementation of one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
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Marine students quiz government minister
Government Minister George Eustice MP has answered questions on the European Union’s fisheries policies and other marine conservation issues during an event at Plymouth University
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Leading scientists express concern over micro plastics in the ocean
Plymouth University news: Microplastics are becoming an increased concern because of their widespread presence in the oceans and the potential physical risks they pose to organisms.
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Fisherman scraping the bottom of the barrel in the English Channel
Plymouth University news: Decades of overfishing in the English Channel has resulted in the removal of many top predators from the sea and left fishermen ‘scraping the barrel’.