Conference Summary – North West Marine Ecosystems 2025

June 30th, The Storey Institute in Lancaster

 

Programme

Please find the programme here: 

Final Programme – NWME

 

Recordings

Please find the recordings here: 

NWME – YouTube

Presentations

Welcome and Introductory Slides, Linn Wiberg

 

RME Model – Mike Nelson, Environment Agency

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NW England’s Regional Sea – Georgia de Jong Cleyndert, North West Wildlife Trusts

 

Oceanography – Christopher Unsworth, Bangor University

 

Plankton – Barry Kaye, Lancashire MCS

 

Marine and Coastal Birds – Steph Leow, RSPB

 

Cetaceans – Sarah Neill, British Divers Marine Life Rescue/ SeaWatch

 

Seals – Beth Churn, Cumbria Wildlife Trust

 

Fisheries – Annabel Plumeridge, NWIFCA

 

Marine Protected Areas – Laurence Browning, Natural England

 

Marine Planning – Hannah Jones, University of Liverpool

 

Radioactive Monitoring – Alastair Dewar, Cefas

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Marine Plastics – Gill Notman, University of Cumbria

 

Underwater Noise – Volker Deecke, University of Cumbria

 

Seasearch – Kerry Rennie, Seasearch 

 

Communities of Practice – Lissa Batey, Nature Bureau; Georgia de Jong Cleyndert, North West Wildlife Trusts; Linn Wiberg, North West Coastal Forum

 

Thank you, Sea – Surfers Against Sewage

 

Closing Slides – Linn Wiberg, North West Coastal Forum