In June every year, we recognise #WorldOceansDay.
I share in a belief that we must take urgent action now to safeguard the world’s oceans and protect the precious wildlife that inhabits them.
I took the opportunity to celebrate 32 years of good work by Surfers Against Sewage.
It is positive to know that 38 per cent of UK waters are in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
We can welcome plans to increase protections for England’s waters through a pilot to designate marine sites as Highly Protected Marine Areas.
There is more that needs to be done.
Our oceans and our seas are directly affected by what goes into our rivers. We recognise the urgent need to stop the routine spilling of sewage discharge into our waterways which causes so much damage to our rivers and our oceans.
