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Primary productivity off the Yorkshire coast with reference to fisheries productivity and recent implications on the wider environment Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
A previous project indicated that primary production is low at offshore stations in the important Yorkshire crustacean fishery area.  Modelling showed that the water column is too deep and too well-mixed to support phytoplankton growth, partly as a r... Read More about Primary productivity off the Yorkshire coast with reference to fisheries productivity and recent implications on the wider environment.

UK Seafood Fund – Science & Innovation Pillar - Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP) Research Proposal Development - Investigation into the potential of an east-coast stone crab fishery Jul 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
Recent media interest resulting from the initial mis-identification of a stone crab, Lithodes maja, as a king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus, a high value invasive crab species known to be found in Norwegian waters) raised the profile of this speci... Read More about UK Seafood Fund – Science & Innovation Pillar - Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP) Research Proposal Development - Investigation into the potential of an east-coast stone crab fishery.

NERC Discipline Hopping: Event Measure Software for Benthic Stereo Video Analysis: Applications in marine ecology, conservation and knowledge exchange Dec 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
Fish length data are commonly used to monitor the health of wild populations, examine ecological processes and facilitate the early detection of impacts from environmental hazards and change. Stereo-video provides a non-invasive, accurate and efficie... Read More about NERC Discipline Hopping: Event Measure Software for Benthic Stereo Video Analysis: Applications in marine ecology, conservation and knowledge exchange.

DEFRA: National Assessment to explore Methodologies to tackle Erosion and Flooding of Historic Coastal Landfill Sites Jan 31, 2024 - Oct 6, 2025
Defra call released on 27th Feb for R&D around risk assessment of coastal landfill sites. Hull will be a subcontractor from Royal Haskoning DHV who are leading the bid. Hull asked to lead on Tasks 2 and 3 of call plus contribute / review throughout... Read More about DEFRA: National Assessment to explore Methodologies to tackle Erosion and Flooding of Historic Coastal Landfill Sites.

Svalbard Winter Plastics Feb 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024
To date there are no published studies in the Arctic looking at microplastics contamination across environmental and biological components of local foodwebs, from samples taken at the same locations and times. There is very limited data on microplast... Read More about Svalbard Winter Plastics.