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Helping or hindering? The role of the public right to fish in the management of coastal fisheries (2022)
Journal Article
Bean, E. (2022). Helping or hindering? The role of the public right to fish in the management of coastal fisheries. Marine Policy, 138, Article 104991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104991

Managing coastal fisheries requires transitioning to sustainable exploitation of the marine environment. Set against this background, the public right to fish is often ignored or simply presented as a right to overfish or a hangover from more plentif... Read More about Helping or hindering? The role of the public right to fish in the management of coastal fisheries.

Fishing or fish farming: The conflict between a Crown grant of salmon fishings in the sea and other Crown rights in the sea in Scotland (2019)
Journal Article
Agnew, C., Appleby, T., Bean, E., & Bunwaree, P. (2019). Fishing or fish farming: The conflict between a Crown grant of salmon fishings in the sea and other Crown rights in the sea in Scotland. Environmental Law and Management, 31(5), 193-203

There is a rising concern over the impact of aquaculture, particularly salmon farming, on the aquatic environment. Two Scottish parliamentary investigations have revealed concerns over the environmental impacts of the industry, particularly with rega... Read More about Fishing or fish farming: The conflict between a Crown grant of salmon fishings in the sea and other Crown rights in the sea in Scotland.

Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area (2018)
Journal Article
Appleby, T., Studley, M., Moorhouse, B., Brown, J., Staddon, C., & Bean, E. (2021). Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area. Marine Policy, 127, Article 103184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.06.012

Very large marine protected areas are in danger of becoming 'paper parks'. This paper uses an interdisciplinary team to investigate the use of remote sensing technologies to provide sufficient evidence for effective fisheries management. It uses the... Read More about Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area.

The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland: An opportunity for community ownership? (2018)
Journal Article
Agnew, S. C., Appleby, T., & Bean, E. (2018). The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland: An opportunity for community ownership?. Journal of Water Law, 26(2), 70-77

The Scottish Government has pledged to reform inshore fisheries by 2020, while the UK Government is in the process of reforming fisheries legislation with the Fisheries Bill, brought forward in anticipation of the departure of the UK from the EU. . A... Read More about The ownership of inshore fisheries in Scotland: An opportunity for community ownership?.

Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding (2016)
Journal Article
Bean, E., Staddon, C., & Appleby, T. (2016). Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding. Journal of Water Law, 25(2), 61-68

As there is no general right to be defended from flooding, any measures taken to protect communities from flooding would appear to be motivated by political considerations. This article explores the possibilities open to a party seeking to benefit fr... Read More about Holding back the tide: An exploration of the possible legal basis for a claim of a right to be protected from flooding.