Press office news tagged marine-conservation

Marine Institute

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

George Eustice

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

Richard Thompson

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.

Discards from a prawn trawl

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’.