Good for fish - good for business
Tuesday 26th January, 2016
Falmouth’s favourite chippy, the Harbour Lights, is benefiting from a fantastic new online resource by Cornwall Wildlife Trust. The ‘Cornwall Good Seafood Guide’ highlights the wealth of sustainable seafood landed by our local Cornish fishing industry.
Second wave of marine protection welcomed in Cornwall
Monday 18th January, 2016
Cornwall Wildlife Trust welcomes the news that the Government is designating a second phase of 23 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), four of which are around the Cornish coast – Mounts Bay, Runnelstone, Newquay and the Gannel, and Hartland Point to Tintagel - with a further three offshore – Western Channel, North West of Jones Bank, and Greater Haig Fras. This historic move illustrates a renewed impetus to protect our seas and follows on from the announcement of 27 MCZs in 2013. This is the second of three phases promised by the Government in order to fulfil the remit of the Marine and Coastal Access Act.
Dangerous trash turned into treasure
Monday 11th January, 2016
Local children saw for themselves just how dangerous marine litter can be for wildlife when they took part in a beach clean on Porthtowan Beach and found a dead gannet entangled in a fishing rope. They were later however, able to put fishing debris and plastics from the beach to better use.
Chef Nathan Outlaw pledges his support for sustainable Cornish seas
Monday 21st December, 2015
Cornwall based Michelin-star chef Nathan Outlaw has joined Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant, St Austell Brewery and over 40 other local businesses in pledging to support sustainable Cornish fisheries by joining the Trust's Good Seafood Guide.
Cornwall Wildlip Trust raise £1000 for Movember
Thursday 10th December, 2015
A team of six brave men from the Trust raised a brilliant £1000 for Movember, the leading global charity for mens health issues
Trusts win for cleaner rivers at Cornwall Sustainability Awards
Thursday 10th December, 2015
We are celebrating winning 'Best example of Environmental Growth' along with Westcountry Rivers Trust for our collaborative 'Upstream Thinking' project funded by South West Water.
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