Marine Conservation Society

The Marine Conservation Society has released the latest update to its Good Fish Guide, with 19 ratings moving down the sustainability scale.  

The UK Government has confirmed that its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan for sewage will be expanded to cover England's MPAs

The Marine Conservation Society’s annual Great British Beach Clean returns for it's 30th year, running from 15 – 24 September 2023

The Marine Conservation Society and Natural History Museum's Big Seaweed Search 2023 starts this weekend, 29 July

New analysis shows a bottom trawling ban in UK’s offshore protected areas could be worth more than three billion pounds to the UK economy

MCS Wildlife Sightings report hopes to break 20,000 jellyfish and turtle sightings to mark 20th year of citizen science project

Defra has launched a public consultation in response to legal pressure from MCS UK to modify its sewage discharge plan

The Marine Conservation Society reports fewer than 10 per cent of the emergency overflows in England's sewer network are properly monitored.

Latest Marine Conservation Society Good Fish Guide update lists mackerel as no longer sustainable as a seafood choice

An MCS report finds sewage-related litter is washing up on beaches all around the UK, with hotspots for pollution in NE England and Scotland

The Marine Conservation Society has compiled a selection of incredible photographs to celebrate the UK's marine life for World Wildlife Day

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced the formation of three new Highly Protected Marine Areas

MCSUK says there has been an unusually large number of turtle strandings reported this year to the Marine Environmental Monitoring website

The UK government has announced that a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers will be introduced in 2025.

MCS analysis shows a 98 per cent decrease in bottom-towed fishing in the UK's Dogger Bank MPA following a Government ban

The Marine Conservation Society it is taking legal action against the UK Government’s DEFRA over the pumping of sewage into UK waters

MCS UK's 2022 Wildlife Sightings report finds compass jellyfish were the most common species in UK & Irish waters for the second year running

The MCS 2022 Great British Beach Clean results have been published, demonstrating a clear need for a bottle deposit return scheme