Local focus

As part of the Fishing for Litter scheme, funded by our marine stewardship programme, over 100 tonnes of marine litter have been removed by fishing vessels in Scotland since April 2011. Participating fishermen have now cleared more than 465 tonnes of litter from Scottish seas since the project first began in 2005.

Further information

Marine stewardship fund case study: Environment

Fishing for Litter - Scotland

Over 150 volunteers joined Surfers Against Sewage to remove almost half a tonne of marine litter from Woolacombe and Saunton beaches. The series is funded by our marine stewardship programme.

Further information

Marine stewardship fund

Surfers Against Sewage

More stakeholder events regarding art and coastal change are being planned.

This time focusing on Norfolk, our partners are the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia (UEA). For further information please sign up for local focus updates.

The new purpose built slipway at Helensburgh Sailing Club was officially opened today.

The slipway helps to improve access to and from the marine environment for the rescue boat and disabled sailors, and has been part-funded through our marine stewardship fund.

Following publication of reports on the role of works of art in understanding long term coastal change we organised a series of stakeholder events with Suffolk Coastal District Council.

Further information:

Art and coastal change in Suffolk   PDF (540 KB)

Offshore bathymetric changes and cliff recession in Suffolk PDF (3.6 MB)

Contact:
Professor Mike Cowling, The Crown Estate
Email: Professor Mike Cowling
Telephone: 020 7851 5032

For the first time information will be gathered on how many people are visiting and using the Humber Estuary for recreation. 

Managed by the Humber Management Scheme, and part-funded by The Crown Estate, the results will provide information to assist management of the Humber Estuary, an internationally important wildlife site.

Further information:

Humber Management Scheme

New Crown Estate report on Studland Bay published. Commissioned as part of ongoing commitment to assist Marine Management Organisation's understanding of the issues surrounding potential impacts on the seagrass and seahorse population.

Report:

Studland Bay visitor mooring viability appraisal PDF (2.1 MB)

Conservationists are celebrating this week with the news that 12 little tern chicks have been raised from 18 breeding pairs on Chesil Beach. 

The site is fenced and protected by a team, many of whom are volunteers, and is made possible by a coalition of organisations including the Chesil and Fleet Nature Reserve, Natural England, the Dorset AONB partnership and RSPB, The Crown Estate's marine stewardship fund and the Court Leet.

Further information:

RSPB press release

The Green Blue's marine toolkit is designed to help managers of leisure boating businesses and leaders of boat clubs abide by regulations and make more of their facilities by reducing waste and increasing efficiency.

We are helping to fund the marine toolkit via our marine stewardship fund.

Further information:

The Green Blue's marine toolkit

We have awarded funding for a replacement pontoon in Scalloway Harbour.

The new pontoon will see even greater community use of the facility and provide a haven for visiting yachts, boats and pleasure craft.