New Pump-Out for the River Hamble
Southern Water has provided funds to help the River Hamble Harbour Authority enable Hampshire boaters to keep the waters clean.
Southern Water has provided funds to help the River Hamble Harbour Authority enable Hampshire boaters to keep the waters clean.
We have just published the Solent Marine Sites Annual Survey Report, 2022. This looks at changes to and impacts of 17 non-licensable activities across the Solent.
The Roadmap for the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Strategy for England has been launched.
Congratulations to the five recipients of our annual bursary awards. The judges were impressed by the quality of the submissions. Full details on our bursary webpage.
Defra have produced a policy paper on Nutrient pollution: reducing the impact on protected sites. Nutrient pollution is a particular problem for estuaries. Increased levels of nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus) can speed up the growth of certain plants, disrupting natural processes and impacting wildlife.
The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) relaunched on 13 April to help support the long-term sustainability, resilience, and prosperity of the seafood sector across England. At least £6 million in funding has been secured every year until April 2025.
Our online initiative with the Environment Agency calling on Hampshire’s coastal and river communities to collect and record litter found across the Solent is now live. Come and join the Solent's Plastic Pollution hub community.
A new report shares findings from part of the LIFE-funded Recreation ReMEDIES project, which focused on understanding the behaviours of recreational boaters in selected sites on the south coast of England.
We have just published issue 51 of Solent News, our biannual newsletter with a round up of what has been happening around the Solent and the latest national coastal news.