Blog: Marine

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Fishing nets, ropes, chains and floats piled on a harbour quayside. The tangled fishing gear is spread across the ground, showing the equipment used in commercial fishing operations.

Bycatch: a hidden threat

Wales' seas are full of life, but a hidden threat beneath the surface is killing thousands of marine animals every year.

Dolphins just breaching the surface of the sea

Caught in the net: ending bycatch in UK seas

Every year in UK waters, thousands of marine animals are accidentally caught and killed in fishing gear. Ruth Williams, Head of Marine Conservation, explores the crisis beneath our waves.

Paul Naylor

Can nature recover in the busy Irish Sea?

Where we are standing on a wobbly pontoon in life jackets seems an unlikely place for a nature restoration project. We are in the middle of Belfast harbour, with grey cityscape all around us, the…