Category: "in-your-area"
2024 CHASM Sediment Report
This report provides an update of analysis conducted as part of the CHASM (Crustacean, Habitats and Sediment Movement) project carried out by the University of Southampton in summer 2024. It seeks to understand environmental change from a sediments perspective, and sets out to answer a series of questions using... read more »
Blue Health
How does the sea benefit our health and wellbeing? Have you ever gazed out at the sea and felt the world become smaller? Perhaps you have swum in its waters and felt that time stood still, that the noise and chatter of the world faded away to a distant whisper, or... read more »
Rivers and Seas Watch
Rivers and Seas Watch is the new online service from Southern Water. It replaces Beach Buoy and provides near real-time information about storm overflow releases across the Southern Water region. When a potential storm overflow release is identified by their monitoring equipment (EDMs), a release event is created and... read more »
National Wealth Service
A new natural capital approach is needed if we are to save nature is the stark warning issued as a major new report on the state of our natural world is launched by Natural England. “Nature is the national wealth service”: says Natural England Chair, Tony Juniper, as he calls... read more »
Three Harbours Strategy
The RSPB is delighted to inform you that the Three Harbours Strategy 2024-2028 is now published! Fay Pisani, Project Development Manager – Three Harbours, said the following: I’m enormously grateful to all of you for supporting the work of the partnership to get us to this milestone and I’m confident... read more »
Fibreglass Chichester Oysters and Mussels
A new study by the University of Brighton has revealed worrying levels of fibreglass in oysters and mussels in Chichester Harbour. This marks the first time fibreglass or glass reinforced plastic (GRP) particles have been found entering the food chain. Follow this link to read the study into fibreglass... read more »
Sussex Kelp Recovery
The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project, has published a Progress and Impact report to celebrate three years of seabed protection in Sussex. Follow this link to read this report and others on the Reports section of the Sussex Kelp Recovery websiteread more »
Solent Seascape Project
The Solent Seascape Project is a 5 year project working to restore a number of habitats across the Solent. The CHaPRoN Project in Chichester Harbour is one of ten partners involved. Follow this link to find out more about the Solent Seascape Projectread more »
Sussex Kelp Recovery Project
This year the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project celebrates its third anniversary. In March 2021, over 300km² of seabed was protected from trawling by the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. This saw the creation of the largest marine rewilding project in the UK - Sussex Kelp Recovery Project. Since then, they... read more »
BBC Breakfast Water Quality Special plus 'Our Sea Forest'
Rob and Bianca from the Clean Harbours Partnership Team have a couple of really relevant and interesting links to share. If you happened to miss last week's BBC Breakfast Water Quality Special on Tues 5th September, which was filmed at Langstone Harbour, worry not! The Clean Harbours Partnership Team have... read more »