A recent census suggests that black guillemots may be in decline in Northern Ireland. To protect a species effectively requires in-depth knowledge of their needs and pressures that for many species is not available. For [...]
MarPAMM researchers from University College Cork teamed up with the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews to produce maps of the distribution of both grey and harbour seals in our project [...]
Survey Introduction MarPAMM is an environment project to develop tools for monitoring and managing a number of protected coastal marine environments in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. The project will deliver four new models [...]
During this quarter, exciting advancements have been made in developing cross-border work between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Preparations are being made for talks between statutory bodies (AFBI), NGOs (BWI) and governmental bodies (DHPLG and DAERA) [...]
A team of coastal scientists from Ulster University is conducting regular surveys of Co. Down’s Newcastle to Dundrum (Murlough Bay) beach system to find out how and why our coastline changes. Their findings will be [...]
We’d like everyone to have a say in the future of their seas through this short, online survey. Please click on one of the buttons here, which will take you to the English or Gaelic version. Everyone’s [...]
We held a series of events around the islands during the February schools break. We wanted to reach out to island communities and find out what’s important to them about the marine environment and marine [...]
As part of the Seas of the Outer Hebrides (SEASOH) project, we are running a series of community events around the islands during February 2020. The sessions are FREE, informal and we welcome people of [...]
We’ve been busy designing our next series of face to face events, which we will be running from early 2020 into the spring. We are privileged to be working again with Creative Carbon Scotland to [...]
The Seas of the Outer Hebrides project was established in January 2019, and our work during the year focused on: Raising awareness of the project both in the Outer Hebrides marine region and further afield. [...]
