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Techies Target Trawlers……

Techies Target Trawlers……

……but not just fishing trawlers. Rob Enever of Fishtek marine gave Coastwise members a hugely encouraging account of how Fishtek is designing and producing technology to combat and reduce the vast amount of distressing bycatch that trawling and long-line fishing 

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Frozen……

Frozen……

  (See below for YouTube video of the talk) …..no, not the Disney media franchise, but Coastwise speaker Nadia Frontier when scuba diving in the Antarctic Ocean. Nadia is a marine biology graduate whose CV includes conservation work in Tanzania,

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Understanding MARINELife…………

Understanding MARINELife…………

……which is run by a passionate team of conservationists, including Director of Research Tom Brereton who, as well as this role, is also Visiting Professor in Conservation Science at the University of Nottingham and Associated Director, Monitoring Research for Butterfly

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The Process of Farming…..

……but offshore, using wind, was the topic that Laura Gatdula, an independant environmental consultant working in the field, covered in her talk to Coastwise members. She was careful to point out that her expertise lies in assembling the Environmental Impact

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More work to do around our Devon Coasts…..

More work to do around our Devon Coasts…..

…..as Coral Smith, from the DWT, showed Coastwise members during her talk pulling together data from three groups of marine surveyors. Shoresearch methodologies have been followed by Coastwise, the DWT and Shores of South Devon, another marine enthusiast group similar

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Birding at Velator……

Birding at Velator……

……….was blessed with decent weather for a good contingent of Coastwise members, with guiding and spotting by resident expert Rob Jutsum. Over 40 species were spotted, along with plenty of other wildlife on either side of the dyke path out

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Duckpool really does have ducks…..

Duckpool really does have ducks…..

……………and was the mid point of an excellent walk – the final one of the Coastwise Summer Programme – which was organised and guided by Martin Corfe. The route took in Kilkhampton Common, Lee Wood in the Coombe Valley, and

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Under Devon’s Seas…….

Under Devon’s Seas…….

……………….with Mags Ashton, an expert SCUBA diver and photographer, and an old friend of Coastwise. Mags talked members through her usual dazzling pictures of marine life from a number of wrecks and reefs offshore North Devon, such as off Big

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It’s Autumn ! Coastwise’s New Programme Starts Soon…..

It’s Autumn ! Coastwise’s New Programme Starts Soon…..

……..as it launches its latest ambitious programme of talks and activities about the coast and its wildlife on 12  October, in Barnstaple Library, with exceptional photographs from diver Maggs Ashton, including the rare Sunset Cup Coral at Lundy.  This is

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Coastwise Autumn Programme Starts Here………..

Coastwise Autumn Programme Starts Here………..

The Autumn Programmes starts on October 12th at the Barnstaple Library, with Maggs Ashton from the Ilfracombe Sub-Aqua Club, talking about North Devon below the waves. Maggs is an experienced and knowledgeable underwater photographer, producing beautiful pictures of our marine

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