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The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bradshaw, N., Bean, E., & Appleby, T. (2018, September). The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home

This research was part of a PhD supervised by Dr Thomas Appleby and Dr Enda Hayes at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK, members of the International Water Security Network: www.watersecuritynetwork.org/uk-coastal-governance/... Read More about The public trust doctrine in the sea - Bringing it back home.

UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship (2018)
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Bradshaw, N., Hayes, E., & Appleby, T. (2018, June). UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship. Poster presented at British Council workshop for Post Graduate Researchers, South Africa

Recent and future changes in UK marine legislation put the land-sea interface under the spotlight. The UK Coastal Governance research was launched in Autumn 2017 to review existing and new methods to support coastal governance in the UK. The purpose... Read More about UK coastal governance: Enhancing collaborative governance mechanisms for stewardship.

Britain and Brexit: All at sea (2018)
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Appleby, T. (2018, May). Britain and Brexit: All at sea. Paper presented at UK Environmental Lawyers Association Nature Conservation Working Group, Browne Jacobson: Nottingham, England

A presentation investigating the impacts of the UK's decision to leave the European Union on marine fisheries and nature conservation legislation

Creating marine reserves around the Isle of Arran – the Scottish experience (2017)
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Appleby, T., & Watt, R. (2017, June). Creating marine reserves around the Isle of Arran – the Scottish experience. Paper presented at Oceans 20 Wokshop:, Ottawa, Canada

A paper regarding the use of the public trust doctrine to establish the Lamlash Bay no take zone and the use of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 for the creation of the South Arran marine protected area

Brexit and the sea (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2016, September). Brexit and the sea. Presented at TWT Achieving Nature’s Recovery in a New Era, Nottingham, England

A presentation on the effects of Brexit and marine environmental legislation

The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2016, January). The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review. Paper presented at Coastal Futures Conference, SOAS London

The global fishing industry is facing unprecedented pressures. In the past (for a variety of reasons) the entire ocean was designated as a fishery using any gear type but increasingly this approach is untenable. The seas and the fishery (albeit thr... Read More about The UK scallop fishery: Time for a fundamental review.

Society and the Severn (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T. (2015, December). Society and the Severn. Presented at Sustainable Severn Forum 2015, SS Great Britain

Dr Thomas Appleby, Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England and part of the International Water Security Network spoke on Society and the Severn and discussed different forms of control and protected interests and regulations a... Read More about Society and the Severn.

Sirens of the sea? Marine reserve designation on the Isle of Arran (2015)
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Appleby, T. (2015, September). Sirens of the sea? Marine reserve designation on the Isle of Arran. Paper presented at ESRC Symposium on Marine Conservation and Governance: MPAs and beyond, Bristol University, UK

The Lamlash Bay no take zone was the first and only community proposed no take marine reserve in the UK. To create the marine reserve required marine management in Scotland to rethink its relationship with the marine environment and local communitie... Read More about Sirens of the sea? Marine reserve designation on the Isle of Arran.

Governance in the marine environment (2015)
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Appleby, T. (2015, July). Governance in the marine environment. Presented at Sustaining Partnerships : A Conference on Conservation and Sustainability in the UK Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and other small island communities, Gibraltar

The governance of the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies is complex, endlessly fascinating and often politically charged. There is no area where this complexity is more demonstrable than in the marine environment, where the issues of ext... Read More about Governance in the marine environment.

A new approach to delivering fisheries management in English European marine sites (2014)
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Solandt, J., Luk, S., Gregson, S., Moore, M., & Appleby, T. (2014, August). A new approach to delivering fisheries management in English European marine sites. Presented at International Marine Conservation Congress, University of Glasgow

Management of potentially damaging projects in Eu marine protected areas - so-called Natura 2000 Sites - are meant to be subject to strict protection measures. Despite this, up until 2012, there was no strategic approach across the UK to regulate pot... Read More about A new approach to delivering fisheries management in English European marine sites.

Time and Tide (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T., & Croce, B. (2014, August). Time and Tide. Presented at International Marine Conservation Congress 2014, University of Glasgow

A short film on the implications of maximum sustainable yield in the Clyde with interviews from local stakeholders

Law and science in conflict: The resurrection of maximum sustainable yield (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T., Everard, M., & Simpson, S. (2014, June). Law and science in conflict: The resurrection of maximum sustainable yield. Presented at Marine and Coastal Policy Forum 2014, University of Plymouth

For the first time the law on maximum sustainable yield changes the burden of proof, it is now up to the government to demonstrate sustainable fisheries. The right to fish is no longer untrammelled.

Maximum sustainable yield? Fish, fishers and people (2014)
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Appleby, T., Everard, M., & Simpson, S. (2014, March). Maximum sustainable yield? Fish, fishers and people. Presented at Oceans and Human Health Conference, Bedruthan

This paper examines the basis of 4 fundamental laws governing fisheries and human interaction with the sea: coastal states’ rights, obligations for sustainable fishing, duties for health and safety at sea and the public trust obligations in the way t... Read More about Maximum sustainable yield? Fish, fishers and people.

Ancient fishing rights and modern uses of the sea: Are the two compatible? (2013)
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Appleby, T. (2013, July). Ancient fishing rights and modern uses of the sea: Are the two compatible?. Paper presented at Management of Land and Sea Resources – What's New?, Glasgow University

The Court of Appeal case of Isle of Anglesey CC v Welsh Ministers [2009] EWCA Civ 94 contains a hidden bombshell for those seeking to carry out marine development. Developers have traditionally needed a lease of the seabed and any relevant consents.... Read More about Ancient fishing rights and modern uses of the sea: Are the two compatible?.

Legal challenge and its implications (2013)
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Appleby, T. (2013, July). Legal challenge and its implications. Paper presented at Evidence Trends issues and Solutions : Communications and Management for Sustainability, SOAS

Law and science view the decision making process very differently. Scientists seek to test data to see if this leads to a trend which can inform the decision maker. Scientific certainty therefore has certain drawbacks. It is incredibly data hung... Read More about Legal challenge and its implications.

The habitats directive and fisheries administration: An immovable object meets and irresistible force? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Appleby, T., & Solandt, J. (2011, September). The habitats directive and fisheries administration: An immovable object meets and irresistible force?. Paper presented at World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Aberdeen, Scotland (UK)

Fisheries are the exclusive competence of the European Union (EU), while responsibility for environmental law is shared between the EU and its member states. This makes it difficult for the EU to enforce environmental law against the EU common fisher... Read More about The habitats directive and fisheries administration: An immovable object meets and irresistible force?.