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gov.uk archive author, 21 January 2016 - Cefas, Cetacean protection, Common Fisheries Policy, Discards Ban, Diving, Fishing, Love Sea Life, Marine Conservation Zones, Marine Data, Marine Environment, Marine Management Organisation, Marine Operations, Marine Planning, Marine Protected Areas, Marine species

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Life on a Research Vessel

Eloise Munday, 15 July 2014 - Cefas, Marine Conservation Zones, Marine Data, Marine Environment, Marine Operations, Marine Protected Areas

Written by Miriam Lugg, Natural England Research Advisor It’s 4:30am in the morning, and the shout “on the bottom!” comes through to the lab from the deck. The Hamon grab, a mechanical contraption used to take samples from the sea floor, …

Diving for data

Eloise Munday, 9 December 2013 - Diving, Marine Data, Marine Environment

Did you know that Natural England has an in-house Dive Survey Team? This year Ian Saunders, a Senior Adviser in the Marine Data Management and Geographic Information team, took part in several dives with his team to gather data at a …

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