Maija Marsh

✨Merry Christmas to all of our volunteers, members, partners and supporters, without whom we could not continue our vital whale, dolphin and porpoise conservation work ✨ From all of us at ORCA HQ, we hope you have a lovely day! 🐬🐋

Reports from #OWEC MaRePo+ (Marine Restoration Potential) Programme, improve the confidence of models for #marinerestoration and investigate how #climatechange projections could be incorporated: sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails… @CefasGovUK @DefraGovUK @TheCrownEstate @JNCC_UK @EnvAgency

Come and find me in the blue new world 👇

@NEChiefSci @CefasGovUK @NaturalEngland Fantastic to catch up with lots of my wonderful @CefasGovUK colleagues this week, I do have a soft spot for Lowestoft 😁

Thank you @CefasGovUK for hosting a brilliant partnership day yesterday with @NaturalEngland! We enjoyed the discussions, lab tours, workshops and presentations. What a fantastic way to identify future opportunities for collaborative research and partnership working. #NEMarine

Some of @NaturalEngland's marine team is visiting @CefasGovUK today! The aim of the day is to celebrate and strengthen our collaborative working which has grown since our first partnership agreement in 2009. Looking forward to a fascinating day of workshops and talks! #NEMarine

Great to be in the ReMEDIES conference at @NMAPlymouth today. I love that the emphasis of this true partnership project is on pressure removal and behavioural change alongside restoration, honoured to have played a small part. #SaveOurSeabed @NaturalEngland @RYA @OceanCTrust

Nice work peeps 👍👍👍 #marineconservation #NEMarine ⁦@NaturalEngland⁩ #SaveOurSeabed Divers discover new beds of rare maerl off Cornish coast - BBC News bbc.com/news/articles/…

@CF_Conf and @Roger_Proudfoot have gotten the venue spot on again for the #ReMeMaRe conference at @scarboroughspa. Absolutely fantastic first day of informative talks on coastal and marine #restoration and catching up with friends, looking forward to day 2 🙌 #marineconservation

@saltmarshben @EnvAgency See you soon Ben! 🙌

After 32 years & an immensely rewarding career with @NaturalEngland, I've decided to retire this summer. It’s been an honour to serve as Chief Scientist working with such talented colleagues to conserve, enhance & manage the natural environment. Farewell & thank you! #Retirement

Natural England and partners have received the Judges Special Award for Marine Protection (Sandeel fishing ban) from the Blue Marine Foundation 2024 Ocean Awards. A wonderful achievement and international recognition of the hard work that went into this. bluemarinefoundation.com/2024/05/08/202…

If this graph doesn't freak you out, you need to take a good, hard look at yourself. Yes, governments & businesses need to take more action, but so too does every single one of us #ClimateChangeIsReal #ClimateEmergency 🌊🔥

🥳 Cefas scientists and partners at @univcadiz have discovered a new species of side-gilled sea slug. Collected on a fisheries survey on the RV Endeavour, it's the first of its type to be found in UK waters! @rbullimore @Haydenclose @AWShips cefas.co.uk/news-and-resou…

📢 First, first author publication now out! #Bluecarbon additionality: New insights from the #radiocarbon content of #saltmarsh soils and their respired CO2. Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/lno.12… See thread below for a brief summary of our findings…

@saltmarshben @WWTworldwide Oooh wow look at Steart!!! 👀 ! Also, the North rocks 💪🤩

We’re taking action to protect marine wildlife. 🌊 Based on our evidence, @DefraGovUK announced today: 🐟 English North Sea waters will be closed to sandeel fishing. 🎣 13 new fisheries bylaws restricting the use of damaging bottom-towed fishing gear. naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/31/env…

Marine citizens! @HowellMarineCo @PlymUni @NaturalEngland #CoastalFutures24

I’m ready! Bring on #CoastalFutures24 🙌 @CF_Conf

📢Five #fullyfunded #PhD opportunities available at @univofstandrews for Sept 24 entry! ⏰ Various deadlines in Feb: superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/how-to-apply #environmentalresearch #freshwater #dolphins #carbon #biodiversity #monitoring #marine #climatechange #rockyshore #anthropogenic