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Greater diversity enhances public interest in marine habitats

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/greater-diversity-enhances-public-interest-in-marine-habitats

Research by scientists at Swansea University and the University of Plymouth has shown greater animal biodiversity can lead to heightened human interest in marine habitats

Working to understand and protect endangered sea turtles

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/resm-marine-sciences/working-to-understand-and-protect-endangered-sea-turtles

Marine Sciences

Working to understand and protect endangered sea turtles. ResM student Naomi Westlake spends 12 weeks in Grenada researching endangered sea turtle species.

Limits on pot fishing can result in win-win for fishermen and marine wildlife

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/limits-on-pot-fishing-can-result-in-win-win-for-fishermen-and-marine-wildlife

A report by the University of Plymouth, funded by Defra and the Blue Marine Foundation, has found that in areas of low potting intensity the industry was operating in a way that had little impact on seabed species or economically-important shellfish

Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/seabed-recovers-more-quickly-following-extreme-storms-than-from-the-impacts-of-bottom-towed-fishing

New research by the University of Plymouth examined the impact of the 2013/14 winter storms on the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area

Tracking devices aim to monitor fish movements off the UK coastline

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/tracking-devices-aim-to-monitor-fish-movements-off-the-uk-coastline

Scientists from the University of Plymouth worked with the Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority to deploy monitoring devices that will help them paint a comprehensive picture of the movements of an endangered marine species.

Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/student-to-swap-labs-for-life-on-the-ocean-waves-to-gain-greater-understanding-of-microplastic-pollution

University of Plymouth news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later

Fisherman scraping the bottom of the barrel in the English Channel

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/overfishing-in-the-english-channel-leaves-fisherman-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel

Plymouth University news: Decades of overfishing in the English Channel has resulted in the removal of many top predators from the sea and left fishermen ‘scraping the barrel’.

Leading scientists express concern over micro plastics in the ocean

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/leading-scientists-express-rising-concern-over-microplastics-in-the-ocean

Plymouth University news: Microplastics are becoming an increased concern because of their widespread presence in the oceans and the potential physical risks they pose to organisms.

Researcher helps highlight the importance of UK’s maerl beds

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/researcher-helps-highlight-the-importance-of-uks-maerl-beds

University of Plymouth news: Professor Jason Hall-Spencer has been studying the features for several decades and is a member of the steering group for the newly formed UK Maerl Forum.

University influences new measure seeking to protect marine mammal habitats

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-influences-new-measure-seeking-to-protect-marine-mammal-habitats

University of Plymouth news: Research carried out by the University of Plymouth and its partners has proved critical to the western English Channel being identified as an Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA).