Ghost Fishing Gear
30 July 2021
Watch Ghost Fishing UK retrieve an old trawl net from a wreck off Brighton
Archive of: Marine
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Rewilding the Sussex Seas
08 July 2021
Thanks to the players of People’s Postcode Lottery the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project has been established to ensure the successful restoration of a crucial marine ecosystem along the Sussex Coast from Chichester to Rye.
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Environmental Impact Assessment needed to protect chalk reef says Judicial Review
06 July 2021
Sussex Wildlife Trust welcomes the court decision which has overturned the proposed reconstruction and extension of sea defences that threaten the internationally important chalk reef at Cuckmere Haven.
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Dolphins: unlikely "villains" of the sea
21 June 2021
Are dolphins quite what they seem? In the heroes and villains stakes, you might get a surprise.
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Government says yes to Highly Protected Marine Areas
08 June 2021
The Wildlife Trusts cheer long fought-for arrival of first ever sea sanctuaries where all damaging activities will be banned
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Encouraging signs for Sussex Kelp
18 May 2021
Dr Raymond Ward is a principal lecturer in coastal environments at the University of Brighton and an avid diver. In a guest blog, Ray tells us of some encouraging signs that kelp is already starting to bounce back in our waters.
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A paddle in the sea to lift your mood
10 May 2021
Nikki Hills takes the plunge - or rather dips a toe in some salty water and feels the benefit
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Marine creatures with feet
25 April 2021
Feet aren’t really a body part you’d associate with creatures living in an aquatic environment; most animals swim effortlessly, drift in the current, or crawl across the sea bed. However, one group of marine animals do indeed have feet, just not in the same sense that us land-lubbers have them.
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Help Our Kelp Q&A
08 April 2021
Dr Ian Hendy (University of Portsmouth) and Sarah Ward (Sussex Wildlife Trust) answer your questions about the exciting kelp forest restoration project
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Black Bream Nests
29 March 2021
When we think of nests, our thoughts immediately go to birds, building intricate shelters in which to lay their eggs and rear their newborns. However, a number of fishes also create nests