Marine Management Organisation

Struggling seabirds thrown a lifeline by new commercial fishing ban in the North Sea – but it may not be enough

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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But puffin populations are in decline, largely due to their struggle to catch enough of these shiny fish: sandeels.

Key Points: 
  • But puffin populations are in decline, largely due to their struggle to catch enough of these shiny fish: sandeels.
  • Sandeels have been industrially fished on an industrial scale since the 1950s, not for human consumption but to make fishmeal.
  • This fishing ban is a start but, with the added pressures of climate change, more is needed to save Britain’s seabirds.

The significance of sandeels

  • Sandeels are also a favourite food for seabirds such as surface-feeding gulls and terns, and deep-diving auk species including puffins, razorbills and guillemots.
  • As well as falling foul of marine predators, sandeels are caught by humans, largely to be used as feed for farmed fish, such as salmon, or livestock.
  • But the UK government has not allowed British vessels to fish for sandeels since 2021.
  • Relationships between the closure of sandeel area 4 and the breeding success of other sandeel-reliant seabirds around northern England and Scotland have not been obvious.
  • This is potentially due to differences in foraging ranges and diving abilities between different seabirds.

Climate drivers

  • Although fisheries could exacerbate declines in some seabird species, changing environmental conditions have larger impacts.
  • This change might have detrimental knock-on effects on the seabirds that feed sandeels to their chicks during their summer breeding seasons.
  • Climate change, which has already given rise to a warmer North Sea, is a main driver of sandeel declines.
  • Many of these declines have been linked to the influence of climate change on the availability of their prey.


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'Limitless' Cape Town - a vision of inclusivity in the world's greatest city

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's Cape Town, which the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named the 'Greatest City on Earth', has launched a first-of-its-kind universal access 'Limitless Cape Town' movement.

Key Points: 
  • CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's Cape Town, which the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named the 'Greatest City on Earth', has launched a first-of-its-kind universal access 'Limitless Cape Town' movement.
  • Enver Duminy , CEO of Cape Town Tourism, says, "This movement reflects our commitment to providing accessible and welcoming experiences and inspiring every visitor to explore new horizons, break barriers, and create unforgettable memories."
  • In addition to Cape Town being voted the Greatest City on Earth, the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named South Africa the world's best country to travel to for its sensational scenery and attractions.
  • Visit capetown.travel to find out how to book a tour with Winston and explore Cape Town.

'Limitless' Cape Town - a vision of inclusivity in the world's greatest city

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's Cape Town, which the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named the 'Greatest City on Earth', has launched a first-of-its-kind universal access 'Limitless Cape Town' movement.

Key Points: 
  • CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa's Cape Town, which the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named the 'Greatest City on Earth', has launched a first-of-its-kind universal access 'Limitless Cape Town' movement.
  • Enver Duminy , CEO of Cape Town Tourism, says, "This movement reflects our commitment to providing accessible and welcoming experiences and inspiring every visitor to explore new horizons, break barriers, and create unforgettable memories."
  • In addition to Cape Town being voted the Greatest City on Earth, the 2023 Telegraph Travel Awards named South Africa the world's best country to travel to for its sensational scenery and attractions.
  • Visit capetown.travel to find out how to book a tour with Winston and explore Cape Town.

Accelerated evolution and automated aquaculture could help coral weather the heat

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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Coral on the Great Barrier Reef has regrown strongly after the big losses of 2016 and 2017, when water temperatures were significantly above the long-term average.

Key Points: 
  • Coral on the Great Barrier Reef has regrown strongly after the big losses of 2016 and 2017, when water temperatures were significantly above the long-term average.
  • The reef experienced mass bleaching in 2020 and 2022, but temperatures cooled just in time to prevent extensive coral deaths.
  • But we can also support the Great Barrier Reef’s resilience by speeding up natural adaptation processes.

How to breed heat-tolerant coral

    • But on a tiny scale, coral polyps have their own microbial ecosystems, ranging from symbiotic algae which give coral its colour – and much of its food, from photosynthesis – through to the rest of the coral microbiome.
    • To breed coral better able to adapt to the heat, we have to understand how their microbiome works.
    • By interbreeding wild colonies of the same species of coral, we’ve found heat tolerance can be passed to the next generation.
    • There is real potential to increase coral heat tolerance to improve survival in hotter seas.

Accelerate aquaculture to achieve scale

    • To boost our chances of preserving the Great Barrier Reef, we’ll need to be able to scale up these techniques.
    • To date, coral restoration and adaptation has been done at relatively small scale and high cost.
    • Coral breeding has largely been done by hand, in small laboratory aquarium facilities, which is slow and expensive.
    • At our site in Townsville, we’ve made advances in coral aquaculture with the potential to significantly boost production rates while cutting costs.
    • As we scale up production, we will be able to deliver large numbers of structures without requiring divers, by using boats or robots.

NUS Business School and Emeritus launch Chief Strategy Officer Programme to upskill senior professionals

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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The programme enables senior-level professionals to become adept in strategy formation and implementation paramount to the increasing demands of a fast-paced business world.

Key Points: 
  • The programme enables senior-level professionals to become adept in strategy formation and implementation paramount to the increasing demands of a fast-paced business world.
  • Taught by distinguished NUS Business School faculty, Andrew Delios (Professor, Strategy & Policy), Chung Yuen Kay (Associate Professor, Strategy & Policy), Lawrence Loh (Professor, Strategy & Policy), Nitin Pangarkar (Associate Professor, Strategy & Policy), and Usa Skulkerewathana (Senior Lecturer, Management & Organisation), the 9-month Chief Strategy Officer programme, in collaboration with Emeritus, is ideal for senior-level professionals, with 10+ years of work experience.
  • Commenting on the launch of the programme, Jai Arya, Head, Executive Education, NUS Business School at NUS Business School, said, The role of Chief Strategy Officer has taken on greater significance in recent times, with the growing need for businesses to keep pace with the challenges of disruption and the demands of a fast-changing marketplace.
  • The Chief Strategy Officer Programme will equip senior executives with theoretical and practical aspects of strategic leadership.

Lords examines Fisheries Bill

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Friday, February 28, 2020
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The Fisheries Billstarts itscommittee stage, the first chance for line by line examination, in the Lords on Monday 2 March.

Key Points: 
  • The Fisheries Billstarts itscommittee stage, the first chance for line by line examination, in the Lords on Monday 2 March.
  • Members are expected to discuss subjects including:
    legal duty on public authorities to achieve fisheries objectives.
  • Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative), Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, opened the debate on the bill and responded on behalf of the government.
  • protect the UK's marine environment by extending the powers of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Scottish and Welsh ministers.

Lords debates Fisheries Bill

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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Members of the Lords will discuss the key principles and purpose of the Fisheries Bill during second reading on Tuesday 11 February.

Key Points: 
  • Members of the Lords will discuss the key principles and purpose of the Fisheries Bill during second reading on Tuesday 11 February.
  • Speakers expected to take part include a member of the ClientEarth Development Committee and a trustee of Seafarers UK.
  • Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative), Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is expected to open the debate on the bill and respond on behalf of the government.
  • protect the UK's marine environment by extending the powers of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Scottish and Welsh Ministers.