Making MPAs work better
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Welcome to the MarPAMM project website
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. It will be completed by 31 March 2022.
It is a cross-border project because many marine species and habitats do not abide by administrative borders. To manage mobile species and border areas requires cooperation.
MarPAMM partners will collect data on the abundance, distribution and movement of marine protected species and habitats. These data will help us produce new habitat maps and develop models for a range of species, including connectivity assessment for species with mobile life stages.
We will produce a regional sea bird model, a regional model of protected seabed-dwelling species and habitats, a seal foraging and underwater noise model and a coastal processes model.
Working closely with stakeholders and partner projects such as COMPASS and SeaMonitor, the project will culminate in the development of six comprehensive MPA management plans.
An anatomically correct, life-size model of a female blue shark is now attracting attention to our MarPAMM display in @SAMSoceannews’s Ocean Explorer Centre. She needs a name, any suggestions? Sculpted by the talented Scott Gleed https://www.gleed3d.com
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Great @BTO_NIreland conference, loved talks by @KatBoothJones, @CarMFin & amazing video with Daniel Johnson on work they have done under @MarPAMM_project. Plus, promised to @KittiwakeGirl..pics of my t-shirt from @TheSeabirdGroup
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Project News
Seabirds in Northern Ireland
MarPAMM has published two new reports on the state of [...]
MarPAMM-Argyll consultation launched
Over the past three years we have been working with [...]
If you could ask the sea a question what would it be?
Outer Hebrides-wide consultation on Marine Protected Areas and their management [...]
Internship opportunities
We are seeking TWO paid interns to support the outreach [...]
Who is delivering the project?
