Calls for better water testing

South Tyneside Council has written to the Secretary of State for the Environment to lobby for better procedures in water quality testing, highlighting the Council's commitment to the environment and challenging the Government to do more to help protect waters nationally.

Follow this link to read the South Tyneside call for better water testing

CHASM Event 2022

The CHASM project hosted its first stakeholder network event on 14 June 2022 at Selsey Town Hall, where speakers presented the complex backdrop of change that has coincided with reductions in the coastal crustacean fisheries around Selsey Bill, West Sussex. Funded by the Faculty of Environment & Life Sciences at University of Southampton, the aim was to bring together stakeholders... Read More»

CHASM Film 2022

Fishing has been a part of Selsey Bill, West Sussex and the surrounding areas since the Bronze Age. Local fishermen tell of huge changes to the fishing grounds in recent years, about the small numbers of lobsters being caught locally, and large influxes of sediment arriving in their fishing grounds. Needing to understand these changes led to the development of... Read More»

Letter from David Attenborough

We were so pleased to receive a letter from David Attenborough about the CHASM project. CHASM’s first year report and project document were sent to David Attenborough, who kindly found time to reply just after Easter 2022. He extended his best wishes the CHASM project and hoped the work would enable protective measures to be based not on hunches, but... Read More»