Archive of: Marine

  • Unblocktober

    19 October 2020

    Unblocktober

    Sussex Wildlife Trust are supporting Unblocktober – a national campaign and awareness month during October to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas.

     
  • Bluefin Tuna

    07 October 2020

    Bluefin Tuna

    Officers at the Sussex IFCA were surprised to find an Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) which had washed up on the shores of Chichester Harbour.

     
  • Help Our Kelp - Year One Anniversary

    05 October 2020

    Help Our Kelp - Year One Anniversary

    One year ago, the Help Our Kelp Partnership was formed with the aim of regenerating the much depleted West Sussex kelp forests.

     
  • Rockpooling

    02 August 2020

    Rockpooling

    Charlotte Owen talks us through the joys of rockpooling

     
  • Help Our Kelp update

    30 July 2020

    Help Our Kelp update

    Please write to your local Sussex MP to ask for The Sussex Near Shore Trawling Byelaw to be implemented to Help Our Kelp

     
  • Six tonnes of fishing gear collected and recycled

    29 July 2020

    Six tonnes of fishing gear collected and recycled

    Wild Coast Sussex Project Manager ​Nikki Hills is delighted to announce that an amazing six tonnes of end of life fishing gear has been collected by commercial fishing community in Eastbourne, Worthing and Littlehampton and will be recycled.

     
  • Stepping up for marine wildlife

    28 July 2020

    Stepping up for marine wildlife

    The Sussex Wildlife Trust is celebrating Marine Week and is stepping up its support for marine wildlife all along the coast of Sussex.

     
  • Marine Litter

    27 July 2020

    Marine Litter

    As Coronavirus lockdown measures continue to ease, there has been a noticeable spike in the amount of rubbish being left on beaches as more people are able to spend more time at the coast. Find out what you can do to help.

     
  • Species of the day: Common Shore Crab

    08 June 2020

    Species of the day: Common Shore Crab

    Today is International ‘World Oceans Day’ - in celebration of our magnificent marine environments, today’s blog features a familiar denizen of British shores, the Common Shore Crab

     
  • Review of Highly Protected Marine Areas published today

    08 June 2020

    Review of Highly Protected Marine Areas published today

    HPMAs would give the strictest possible environmental protections – all damaging activities would be banned

     
  • Nudibranchs AKA Seaslugs

    05 May 2020

    Nudibranchs AKA Seaslugs

    Ella Garrud spends lockdown thinking about what she might be seeing in rockpools, such as nudibranchs or seaslugs, which are not closely related to garden slugs.

     
  • Sussex Seahorses

    03 April 2020

    Sussex Seahorses

    We have had a few reports recently of sightings of one our most elusive marine creatures – the small yet charismatic seahorse.

     

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