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Why is Cefas investigating whether unwanted fish survive discarding?
Senior Cefas scientist Tom Catchpole explains why fish are discarded back to the sea, and what happens to them. Scientific evidence needed Discarding fish back to the sea is considered to be wasteful...
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Can Dover Sole survive discarding?
Half of undersized sole survive after being caught and discarded in the English east coast inshore otter trawl fishery, according to preliminary results of research conducted by Cefas scientists....
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Creating a regulatory toolbox for aquaculture businesses
Cefas has created a new on-line regulatory toolbox for the aquaculture industry in England, and I’d like to explain why. This regulatory toolbox has just gone live on the SEAFISH website. I’ve led the...
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Spreading Koi herpesvirus using angling equipment
Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a fatal disease of carp which has spread rapidly between UK recreational fisheries. Although live fish movements are the main risk for disease spread, we’ve demonstrated that...
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“Elbow-deep in jellyfish”: using DNA sequencing to identify jellyfish feeding...
Phil Lamb is investigating the use of DNA sequencing methods to better understand the jellyfish food web. Phil is a second-year Cefas/UEA Strategic Alliance PhD Student based in the School of...
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Multinational Survey of the Dogger Bank: Collaboration for MPAs
Sue Ware (left) on the FRV Walther Herwigg III alongside a JNCC colleague A multinational survey Earlier this year, I was invited to take part in a multinational survey of the Dogger Bank Natura 2000...
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Seaweed: a future UK farming sector?
Seaweeds, or macroalgae, are aquatic plants commonly found along rocky shores. Many of you will have seen them on beaches. And they could be the UK’s farming future. We have been harvesting wild...
View ArticleA call to all marine environment stakeholders: how can your data and needs...
As a fisheries scientist, I believe that there is a need to consider the wider role of ecosystem processes in sustainable management of the marine environment – not looking at a single species or...
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Solving the $6 billion per year global aquaculture disease problem
Grant D. Stentiford Pathology and Microbial Systematics Theme Lead , Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, United...
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10 years, 28 partners… what MCCIP learned about marine climate change
In 2006, a partnership of UK scientists, government, agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) established the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP); a group formed to bring...
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