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NOC research shows importance of southwest UK waters for threatened marine life

Alice Jones and Lavinia Suberg recording Balearic shearwaters and harbour porpoises from the Land’s End peninsula in SW England

A series of new scientific papers by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have highlighted the importance of southwest UK waters for endangered and threatened marine life, including seabirds and porpoises. The results are being used to support marine conservation policy and showcase novel techniques and technologies for monitoring mobile species.

NOC to play key role in major European marine science project

National Oceanography Centre

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is to play a leading role in the largest marine science project that the European Commission has ever funded.

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