JNCC Marine Environment Indicator
A new Official Statistic in Development has been released by JNCC that will track the status of threatened and declining marine habitats and species within the UK. This new indicator provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of threatened and declining marine habitats and species in the UK.
The statistic has been specifically designed to support the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan as part of the Outcome Indicator Framework, which measures environmental changes linked to ten key goals. Results of this data will feed into the ‘Thriving Plants and Wildlife’ goal and will be included in the 2025/2026 reporting cycle for the C6 indicator “Diverse seas: status of threatened and declining features”.
Follow this link to read the full article about the new JNCC Indicator tracking declining marine habitats and species within the UK
2022 CHASM Film
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»
2022 Cefas paper Janickina feisti
In recent years the Selsey fishermen have found in creasing numbers of sleepy and dead crabs among edible crab (Cancer pagarus) catch in the sea off Selsey prompting Cefas to investigate. A previously unidentified paramoebiasis, Janickina feisti, was discovered in the Selsey crabs. This resulted in extensive investigations by Dr. Kelly Bateman, Crustacean Health Theme Lead, Cefas. Following is... 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 the great man, who kindly found time to reply. We were then completely overwhelmed to receive a second letter in 2025 in response to the release of the CHASM Sediment Report 2024. He extended his best... Read More»