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‘Clam cam’ reveals flapper skate nursery
Tuesday, July 20th, 2021Skate © Chris Rickard Underwater footage captured by a robot submarine off the west coast of Scotland has identified an important nursery ground for one of the world’s critically endangered…
Funding for community marine surveys
Thursday, March 25th, 2021St Kilda Jellyfish ©NatureScot/George Stoyle A new fund has been launched to help communities and local groups get involved in surveys and monitoring of Scotland’s seabed and coastlines. The Community…
Citizen Science Comes of Age
Thursday, March 7th, 2019Increasingly, scientists are relying on data gathered by volunteers to make their research happen. A team of seven scuba divers crawled along the seafloor in a shallow bay off Tasmania,…
Marine conservation studies set for Skye and Lochalsh
Friday, February 15th, 2019An awareness event to mark the launch of a new marine conservation project is due to be held in the south of Skye later this month, as a marine conservation…
St Kilda Reefs and Sea Caves in “Good Condition”
Monday, January 28th, 2019It has been nearly a century since the last remaining islanders of St Kilda left their homes behind forever. Life on the islands was so challenging, the final 36 residents…
Wester Ross MPA – An Underwater Eden
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
By Rebecca Plant, Marine Project Officer at FFI Exploring the underwater meadows of Loch Broom and the Summer Isles © Graham Saunders Marine Protected Area The Wester Ross Nature Conservation...
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