As per the report Cefas’ performance against ministerial targets, all of which were achieved. Based on Cefas’ evidence the UK has won an important case in the European Court of Justice. The verdict was crucial – saving potentially several billion pounds, which may have otherwise been passed onto water users with no benefit for the environment.
“Project 50%”, Cefas’ scientists and gear technologists project, working alongside Devon trawlermen to re-design and use fishing nets that delivered discard reductions of more than 50 percent the signing of an innovative agreement with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to deliver efficiencies through shared sea surveys and the collection of evidence increased self-investment in Cefas’ science, which has enabled the agency to validate, for example, methods to measure the presence of novel toxins in shellfish from UK waters a marine and coastal report, co-authored by Cefas scientists, for the UK Climate Impacts Programme.
The main purpose of this report is to help the public, private and voluntary sectors understand and adapt to climate change. Cefas’ Chief Executive, Richard Judge, said that the report outlines continued excellent progress against its strategy, in which Cefas responded positively to the challenges of a tightening financial environment. He informed that this report shows many examples of how sustainable management of the seas can be done through high quality applied sciences.
