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Help clean up our beaches with the #binit4beaches campaign

Posted by: Alex Smith, MMO, Posted on: 23 August 2018 - Categories: Coastal, marine conservation

The National Bathing Waters Campaign is calling on us all to combat the level of litter in coastal areas and bathing waters.

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10 updates you might have missed from the Marine Management Organisation in July 2018

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 3 August 2018 - Categories: MMO corporate
July blog round up news MMO

...to promote guidance on marine wildlife watching. Some of our marine officers spotted a pod of dolphins while patrolling the Lyme Bay area with Devon and Severn IFCA. Seals and...

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A coastal adventure with The Snail and the Whale

Posted by: Gareth Hern, MMO, Posted on: 1 August 2018 - Categories: children, kids

This summer sees the launch of a unique partnership between the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Natural England and Macmillan Children’s Books.

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Blue Belt: research, monitoring and education in St Helena

Posted by: Jake Turnbull, Communications advisor (MMO) and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 23 July 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
marine conservation Lee-ann

...into in the wider Atlantic tuna management from ICCAT. Together with my colleagues, I also undertake annual underwater habitat and abundance surveys, monitoring both fish and invertebrates at specific sites...

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Blue Belt: getting to know the St Helena marine conservation team

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 11 July 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
martin cranfield research

As part of our series of articles about our Blue Belt partnership with the St Helena Government we learn more about Martin Cranfield, marine conservation worker. 

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Blue Belt: interview with Pelagic Project Officer, St Helena Government

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 27 June 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
St helena Blue Belt

Alison Small, Pelagic Project Officer for the Marine Section of St Helena Government explains her work and involvement with the UK Government’s Blue Belt programme.

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Blue Belt: working with the St Helena Government

Posted by: Marine Conservation Officer (St Helena), Posted on: 20 June 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
Rhys tagging

The first in a series of articles on the work of the St Helena Government in support of the Blue Belt programme. Rhys Hobbs, Marine Conservation Officer, discusses his work.

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New Blue Belt research survey

Posted by: James Bell (Cefas), Posted on: 2 May 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
The RRS James Clark Ross in front of Tristan Island. Image credit: Rich Turner, BAS.

...for determining the health and status of the commercial stocks. The scientists on James Clark Ross used a mid-water trawl net that opens and closes at different depths. This allowed...

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Delivering the Blue Belt Programme on Ascension Island

Posted by: Dan Ward, Compliance and Enforcement Manager, Blue Belt programme and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 11 April 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt
Blue Belt Ascension Island

...sharing best practice on fisheries enforcement, the primary aim was to trial the use of the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) to support a live operation, through the provision of...

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Developing a conservation plan for the British Indian Ocean Territory

Posted by: Dr Emily Hardman (Integrated Marine Management Manager), Posted on: 21 March 2018 - Categories: Blue Belt

Hi, I am Dr Emily Hardman. I’m an “Integrated Marine Management Manager” for the Blue Belt Programme. It’s my role to help develop, deliver and support an Integrated Marine Management...

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