This week marked a milestone moment in our seagrass project in South West Wales – as the final seeds are planted in our two hectare restoration project! This meadow will help tackle #ClimateChange while providing a home for UK marine life. 🌱

🐟 Time to ban EU & UK #fishing vessels from using damaging bottom towed gear in UK #MarineProtectedAreas 💙 from 2021. Oceana analysis found 60% EU fishing vessels (31% French) & rest UK flagged vessels (some Dutch owned) responsible for 60,000 hours in offshore #MPAs in 2019

UK government has announced "a bee-killing pesticide so poisonous that it is banned by the EU" may be used in England. New coal mines and pesticides... the UK's so called "green industrial revolution" is off to a great start. Very credible indeed. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

🐳 NEW SPECIES ALERT 🐳

Just 3 per cent of the land on Earth is still ecologically intact bit.ly/3tjvxzy

Most terrestrial biodiversity lives in forests, buffered from extreme temperatures. Our new R package predicts #microclimate anywhere on earth, including within canopy. Major extension to NicheMapR and microclima. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol…

#entanglement report 10 Small spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) found dead off the coast of Newquay, Cornwall, 01/09/2018. White lego piece stuck around gill/dorsal region. Another useless piece of plastic has taken an innocent life. Please RT + report. #plasticpollution

Our Head of Ocean Recovery @pb_richardson tells us about the first weeks of turtle conservation work in #Montserrat: “In all my years of marine turtle conservation and research I have never been in the sea with so many big adult turtles.” Read more: mcsuk.org/news/freedom-h…

Our crew spent a rewarding day working together with University of Exeter and Marine Conservation Society scientists this week. With the use of our seaboat, we were able to assist in their #conservation efforts to safeguard the 🐢 population in #Montserrat 🇲🇸

Thank you HMS Protector & Governor's Office Montserrat for your support to @Darwin_Defra project: A Marine Turtle Action Plan for Montserrat 🇲🇸 All of these insights help to inform practical conservation actions! @ExeterMarine Jack Wiggins @UKOTBiodiv Marine Conservation Society Discover Montserrat Island of Montserrat

🚨NEW PAPER! 🚨 Our new paper published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin is out now! Check it out: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ws… @ExeterMarine Ascension Island Government #climatechange #seaturtles #marineconservation #AscensionIsland

Wandering turtles highlight need for conservation without borders. Research from University of Exeter CEC finds sea turtles that nest in Montserrat migrate and feed in the waters of multiple countries. brnw.ch/21wPn5a @ExeterMarine Uni of Exeter's ESI Jack Wiggins @BrendanGodley

Turtle conservation update🐢New research shows that nesting turtles in Montserrat, migrate and feed in the waters of multiple countries We're delighted to have been part of this important work which highlights the need for conservation work without borders