SEASOH community events – February 2020
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 [...]
Outer Hebrides winter engagement programme
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 [...]
2019 round up of key SEASOH project activity
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. [...]
Hebridean International Film Festival
During Sept 2019 we were very pleased to work with Creative Carbon Scotland and the Hebridean International Film Festival to try and reach communities for conversations about the marine environment and its management. We met [...]
Summer drop-in events held across the Outer Hebrides
We held a series of events during July 2019, at which we aimed to create an environment in which we could listen to any views or concerns, and provide information about the SEASOH project and [...]
New SEASOH project logo
The Seas of the Outer Hebrides Project has its own logo, which we love. It represents the connectedness of communities with nature in the Outer Hebrides, and our collective need to stand up for [...]
Surveying the seabed off Gigha and Kintyre in Argyll
As the Argyll MPA Planning & Data Project Officer for the MarPAMM project I am extremely fortunate that I get to spend time working across two work packages: the MPA Regional Management Plans and Benthic [...]
MarPAMM Goes to School
Effective marine conservation requires public resolve, detailed and up-to-date information about the species and habitats to be protected, and the resources to monitor and enforce protected areas. MarPAMM is bringing this message to the next [...]
Marine mammals data collection in full swing
Marine Scotland Science and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute have both commenced underwater sound data collection in the seas around western Scotland and Northern Ireland. This task involves deploying a scientific mooring with an attached [...]
Cliffs, Bogs and Seabirds: counting seabird nests on the Isle of Lewis
By Rich Howells - Richard.Howells@gov.scot A hatching Greater Black-backed gull chick As a Marine Ornithologist for the Marine Protected Area Management and Monitoring Programme (MarPAMM), I recently had the privilege of helping survey [...]