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If you missed the MSPACE launch webinar earlier this week, watch the full recording now available from our MCCIP YouTube channel⏯️
👉youtu.be/vKLq68HzFwE

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Climate-smart marine planning 🌊The new state-of-the-art MSPACE analysis shows where, and for how long, marine conservation, fisheries and aquaculture can be best supported in UK seas. pml.ac.uk/News/New-study… SMMR Cefas Heriot-Watt University Marine Management Organisation Prof Ana M Queiros MCCIP

It's great to be working with partners in Sri Lanka under the UK government's Ocean Country Partnership Programme on joint efforts to support a healthy and productive marine environment #BluePlanetFund Defra UK

Today at 1pm! Don't miss this fascinating MCCIP hosted webinar highlighting new MSPACE research looking at the impacts of climate change on UK seas - the most advanced and comprehensive analysis to date! Starts today Apr 29th at 1pm. Register now ⬇️⬇️

Happy #WorldPenguinDay !
1st up is the macaroni penguin from Government SGSSI and BAT Government Not to be confused with the pasta dish, this penguin species eats so much marine life they are considered the largest consumer of marine life of any sea bird. Mamma mia! 🧵1/4
📸Vicki Foster

Great to see Cefas presenting new and exciting work on carbon stock assessments under the Marine Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment Programme, and the fingerprinting of ‘Blue Carbon’ in the North Sea at the 2024 ICES Marine Chemistry Working Group in Nantes. Defra UK

Great to see our work in Qatar under the Climate, Health & Environment Resilience Programme (CHERP) mentioned to celebrate #EarthDay2024 🌎

Join us in Hawaii! Accepting abstracts for work on fisheries-dep surveys using novel data (scraping, search vol, social/online listening, georeferenced pics, cameras, counters, drones, apps, & citizen science etc). Due Fri (26th) #afs154 American Fisheries Society
afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/2024/03/22/sur…

📢🎧New podcast episodes coming soon!
Unchatted Waters the podcast that talks to the people behind the science is back! Join us to hear about climate change, marine litter, ocean sounds, oceanography🌊🐟 #EarthDay
Catch up on previous episodes here👉 bit.ly/3FR6qvy

#WeAreRecruiting a Principal Data Scientist to join Cefas in playing a prominent role in driving forward data science and AI capability. Further details: bit.ly/4ayLmYn

#WeAreRecruiting an Information and Security Officer to be responsible for two important business critical and government policy areas, Information Security and Business Continuity. Full details: bit.ly/3xLMWrP

#WeAreRecruiting for a Gamma Spectrometry Specialist. For full details please visit cefas.co.uk/about-us/caree…

See our two invitations for tender⬇️
🦠 Whole genome sequencing for Antimicrobial Resistance AMR in aquatic systems in India and South-East Asia
👉 bit.ly/3U66S01
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🦐 Holistic approaches to investigating disease in aquatic animal systems
👉 bit.ly/49Jd1VE

It was great to attend the UN Ocean Decade Barcelona conference to launch the Nutrient Pollution - Global Action Network alongside partners and co-led the Tackling Plastic Pollution Together event with @defragovuk and others🌊
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/49E7pvS
#oceandecade24

Congratulations to Tristan da Cunha on achieving a Blue Park award for their Marine Protection Zone 🔵

Recognising the work of the Tristan community in sustainably managing and protecting their marine environment 🌊

The Blue Belt is proud to have supported them since 2016.

#WeAreRecruiting a Procurement Manager to join a professional procurement team that delivers a multitude of contracts covering the full breadth of goods and services that Cefas requires to deliver its science. Full details: bit.ly/3xxIcWm

Join scientists Andrew Gill & Jon Rees at the EEEGR 'Marine Science and Technology Conference' tomorrow April 17 at the Norwich Football Ground @ 9.30am where they will present #CefasScience to support offshore wind development. For more info, visit eeegr.com/events/marine-….

📣 Exciting news! Our partners ARC Marine have deployed the first 'nature- friendly' marine matts to protect subsea power cables. Part of the OWEC Programme, the NICE Project provides vital evidence to support the sustainable development of the UK's #OffshoreWind sector.