Tag Archives: Seasearch

Sea-searchers recognised for 31-year contribution to marine conservation.

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

SNH has supported Seasearch in Scotland for many years now. The skills and enthusiasm of their union of marine life investigators has in turn supported our own research. Some of our marine team are Seasearch volunteers in their free time. … Continue reading →

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Orcas, Warships and Seasearch

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

Today we have a further insight into the contribution volunteer citizen scientists make to marine conservation in Scotland. Our guest post today comes from Natalie Hirst, a coordinator for Seasearch Scotland. Seasearch is a project for volunteer sports divers who have … Continue reading →

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Citizen scientist divers make an exciting discovery

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

Extremely rare and delicate reefs formed by large numbers of colourful ‘organ-pipe’ worms have been discovered in a Lochaber sea loch by citizen scientist divers from Seasearch. For several weeks our marine team have been unusually excited; itching to peel … Continue reading →

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