Interesting #skate behaviour observed during scientific trials aboard RV MBA Sepia⬇️ PhD researcher Jasmine Somerville has been deploying #CatchCam cameras, by @SNTechUK , to monitor how #fish behaves around #trawl gear when paired with Pisces #bycatch lights. #MarineWeek MBA - Marine Biological Association

Day 2 of FISH INTEL survey, servicing acoustic receivers off coast of Plymouth at West Rutts reef & wrecks of the Australbush & Lord Stonehaven MBA - Marine Biological Association

📢We now have over 100 tagged black bream swimming around Dorset as part of our #AnglingforSustainability project! If you are lucky enough to catch one then please let us know 🎣🐟 Southern IFCA Natural England Angling Trust University of Plymouth @Dr_Emma_Sheehan #FISP #NationalMarineWeek

We are saddened to hear of the loss of Professor Paul Somerfield. Paul was a good friend to the MBA for many years and served on MBA Council from April 2009 to September 2012.

BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt visited the MBA - Marine Biological Association to look at the impact of rising ocean temperatures. The crew filmed on location at The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey labs and aboard RV MBA Sepia in #Plymouth. mba.ac.uk/bbc-visits-mar…

Great to continue trawl light trials today with @ExeterMarine PhD student Jasmine Somerville & Yasmin Meeda MBA - Marine Biological Association

Penultimate trawl light trials with Jasmine Somerville We encountered two beautiful Scyliorhinus stellaris which were recorded & released 🤩 Great survey! MBA - Marine Biological Association MBA Ecology Group @SNTechUK

Difficult conditions for this week's MRes Marine Biology boat practical but plenty of underwater activity picked up on the BRUVs! Plymouth Sound National Marine Park MBA - Marine Biological Association Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈

Today we have the RV MBA Sepia Sepia undertaking marine and coastal research but there have been many research vessels prior such as Sula, Salpa, Sarsia, Huxley and Gammarus #MBALibrary

Kick-starting the new year with some plankton & water sampling at long-term monitoring station L4 📷 Lilian Lieber MBA - Marine Biological Association The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey CELL

We are hiring! If you have technical marine survey skills🪛🔧 & you'd like to join our multidisciplinary vessels team, then we'd love to hear from you! mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/sea-going-… MBA - Marine Biological Association The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey MBA Ecology Group Marine Research Plymouth

✍️ Navigating the challenges of scientific surveys in MPAs The latest #IJMS Editor's Choice examines the balance between research and conservation. Essential insights for #MarineConservation and #sustainable management. Read more ➡️ ices.dk/news-and-event… #EditorsChoice

Fantastic to see our new facility formally opened today - great project to have been involved with 😊

Last week, Head of Operations, Lance Gregory & Ship Liaison Officer, Dave Wilson travelled to Vancouver, Canada, to coordinate a CPR tow point for a new ship, MV Jean Gabriel. She will be towing our CPRs across the North Pacific collecting vital data about our ocean! #TeamCPR

Beautiful day on the water collecting plankton & water samples for our colleagues Plymouth Marine Lab from long-term station L4

Finally we're starting to see some breaks in the winter weather...nice surveys last week collecting water & plankton samples for MBA - Marine Biological Association researchers 😎💧🔬🌡️

In between the horrendous SW weather we managed to get the RIB launched for the season! #LittleWins 😁👊 MBA - Marine Biological Association sma

Despite pretty awful sea state and visibility, was great to get the 2024 MBA scientific diving season up and running with some training/refresher dives. Superb support from Tritonia - Providing Underwater Clarity and RV MBA Sepia as always. Now we just need some settled weather and decent viz 🌞🦐🌱🌊🤞🤞🤞

🚨New paper!🚨 We used unique historical #trawl data and resurveyed the same sites 120 years later to reveal long-term change in a North Sea inshore fish assemblage🐟 NCL Marine School of Biological Sciences Cefas #Openaccess in #MEPS int-res.com/abstracts/meps…

First survey in a while that we haven't been rolling all over the place- a welcome change! 🤪🌊🌬️ MBA - Marine Biological Association Marine Research Plymouth cpr