Farming Today

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

BBC Radio 4 LW

Farming Today: 16/02/23 - Monitoring fishing from space, lambing and ammonia emissions

16/02/23 - Monitoring fishing from space, lambing and ammonia emissions

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/02/23 - Monitoring fishing from space, lambing and ammonia emissions

Using satellites to monitor illegal fishing.

Charlotte Smith hears about a charity that's monitoring illegal fishing around the world... from space.

Illegal fishing is being monitored from space. Global Fishing Watch, a non profit organisation, uses information from a variety of tracking sources to work out which boat is which, where they are and what they're doing.

There is a definite feeling of spring in the air - and fields - as early lambing is underway. We visit a lambing shed in Gloucestershire.

And there are calls for farmers - and consumers - to do more to tackle air pollution. Figures released this week by DEFRA show 87% of ammonia emissions in 2021 came from agriculture - mainly from the spreading of manures, slurries and fertilisers. Ammonia by itself can damage sensitive habitats, but when it mixes with other gases in the atmosphere, like nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide, it can also form particulate matter, which can cause health problems when breathed in.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Farming Today

16/02/23 - Monitoring fishing from space, lambing and ammonia emissions

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4