Environment, Food and Agriculture News
Government invites comment on uplands strategy
The public is invited to have its say on the future management of the Manx uplands.
The invitation follows the publication of a draft strategy compiled by a...
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
New Regulations planned for the 2014 Isle of Man Queen Scallop fishery
The Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture (DEFA) has published the results of its consultation on management measures for the Isle of Man Queen...
Friday, 4 April 2014
DEFA urges the Public to keep Dogs under Control in the Countryside
With Spring now upon us, dog owners are being reminded to be very careful to avoid the dangers of allowing their dogs off the lead on or near farmland, the...
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Prosecution for Illegal deposit and disposal of controlled waste
FPL Recycling Ltd has been prosecuted for unlicensed deposit and disposal by burning of controlled waste at their site off Stoney Mountain Road, Foxdale; as...
Monday, 31 March 2014
Tynwald approves Meat Plant refurbishment expenditure
The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture has today received Tynwald’s approval of £1.6 million pounds expenditure to refurbish the Meat Plant at...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Caring for the Claddagh Visitor Gifting Scheme
The Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture is to introduce a visitor gifting scheme for the Sulby Claddaghs. The scheme, called Caring for the...
Monday, 17 March 2014
New list of prohibited animals
Tynwald has agreed a new Schedule to the Wild Animals (Restriction on Importation etc) Act 1980. This specifies animals which may only be imported and kept on...
Monday, 17 February 2014
Reservoir anglers invited to meet with DEFA
With this year’s recreational freshwater fishing season soon to start, the Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture, in conjunction with Troutlodge,...
Friday, 14 February 2014
Nominations for the 2014 Tomorrow's Farmer Award
The search is on to find the very best farmers on the Isle of Man as the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture launches the nomination process for...
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Illegal lopping of trees at Port-e-Chee Meadow
A Port Soderick man has been fined £2,000 plus costs for cutting trees deemed as Registered under the Tree Preservation Act 1993. Martin Marlow of Quine’s Hill...
Thursday, 30 January 2014