Our Living Seas

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Living Seas. What picture does this phrase conjure up in your mind? A rocky reef bursting with brightly coloured fish, corals and sponges? A boat trip in the company of leaping dolphins and playful seals? Fishermen hauling nets brimming with big, tasty fish? Living Seas are all these things and more. We urgently need your help to bring back the UK’s Living Seas.

Twelve Wildlife Trusts (Northumberland, Durham, Tees Valley, Yorkshire, Sheffield, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Leciester and Rutland, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough, Norfolk, Suffolk), located across the East coast of England aim to make the concept of 'Living Seas' a reality though a project  which will promote protection of the North Sea's weird and wonderful marine wildlife, from the smallest plankton to the largest whales.

The project focuses mainly on the English North Sea, from Northumberland down to Suffolk and 200 nautical miles out to sea - to find out more click here. The marine environment is not a confined one, processes occurring in one area will both directly and indirectly affect others, for this reason we will also be exploring and developing links with neighbouring projects and partner organisations where possible to turn Living Seas from myth to reality.

News & Events

Mar 16

Birds for Beginners

Visit Cley Marshes reserve, Norfolk, with a local expert

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Mar 09

North Sea Wildlife Launches Facebook Group

The Wildlife Trusts North Sea Marine Protected Areas project launches a new Facebook group

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Mar 02

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Launches Shoresearch

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust launches a new and exciting project to record the animals, plants and habitats along the beautiful Yorkshire coastline, and they need your help!

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Feb 12

North Sea Stakeholders Attend MCZ Meeting

North Sea conservationists and sea users were yesterday given the chance to express their thoughts on the process of designating Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ’s) in the North Sea at a large group meeting in Hull.

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Feb 03

Achieving Living Seas

Want to learn more about The Wildlife Trusts vision of Living Seas? Then take a look at our new factsheet.....

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Jan 26

Seasearch NE Reports now available!

Seasearch North Sea 2009 survey reports are now available.

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