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Life on a Research Vessel

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 15 July 2014 - Categories: 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, …

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Marine Conservation Zones video

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 21 November 2013 - Categories: Love Sea Life, Marine Conservation Zones

We have put together a video highlighting some of the precious sea life that will be protected through Marine Conservation Zones. The UK has one of the world’s richest marine environments and these new sites will join over 500 marine …

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Love Sea Life - what we're doing

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 21 November 2013 - Categories: Love Sea Life

We want to ensure clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas, and we are doing more now than ever before to protect our marine environment. To safeguard our seas, we are: Establishing over 500 UK marine protected …

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Marine Conservation Zones map

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 21 November 2013 - Categories: Marine Conservation Zones

We have announced 27 Marine Conservation Zones to safeguard a wide range of precious sea life. You can see where these zones are on the map below (please click to enlarge). We are planning two further phases over the next …

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New network to protect valuable marine life

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 21 November 2013 - Categories: Marine Conservation Zones

Coral reefs, jellyfish and seahorses are just some of the marine life that will be better protected following the creation of 27 new Marine Conservation Zones today. The UK has one of the world’s richest marine environments and these new …

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