INSITE NORTH SEA

🔈 Structures in the Marine Environment will return to Edinburgh on the 22nd and 23rd of May 2024. Join us to hear the latest highlights from our research teams and a review of all the outputs across 4 years of the INSITE programme to date: ·      Foraging patterns of marine predators; ·      New applications of the UK autonomous fleet; ·      Microbial biodiversity and biological connectivity, fish aggregation and blue carbon benefits of Marine Artificial Structures (MAS); ·      the efficacy of decommissioning strategies; ·      Artificial Intelligence and eDNA analysis approaches; ·      and the effects and implications of subsea plastics incorporated into Marine Artificial Structures. We also be looking at the practical application of INSITE science: the policy landscape; drivers and challenges in offshore energy decommissioning and the energy transition to Net Zero. Learn about the effects, benefits and implications of Marine Artificial Structures, and discuss how cutting-edge, applied science can assist decision-makers and support delivery of future policies for sustainable management of our ocean. Registration is OPEN 👇 https://lnkd.in/ebvrXXF3

Our annual Structures in the Marine Environment (SIME) conference is being held at National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on the 23-24th of June 2025. Tickets are on sale and the call for abstracts and posters is now open using the links below. The INSITE team look forward to seeing you there.

TotalEnergies have published more than 30 years of monitoring data on the state of the environment around a number of oil & gas platforms and reference locations in the Danish #NorthSea. The data concern #chemicals in the seabed, #biodiversity, #MSFD indicators and more. They can be explored and used by #scientists as well as non-scientists. Would be fantastic if more North Sea players would publish such data in a similarly accessible manner. And maybe help to ensure that #decommissioning takes place in the most nature-friendly way. Audrey Roustiau Thijs Starink Ewout van Galen Pim Somers Atse van Pelt Koen Rots Ewoud Kuin Joop Coolen INSITE NORTH SEA North Sea Energy Aravind Satish Ivo de Klerk Luuk van der Heijden https://lnkd.in/eKVc5Hgh

Great to be at MASTS Scotland Annual Science Meeting last week, sharing findings from the latest INSITE NORTH SEA report, while asking if 'Marine Artificial Structures are an opportunity for nature recovery or another challenge for the future'. Thoroughly enjoyed the stimulating discussion with fellow panelists in the new Energy Transition Forum session too (thanks to Abigail Davies for setting up). Shout out to other #INSITE speakers, @silvia malagoli, Hugo Woodward-Rowe and #ECOWind speakers, @william Macdonald, Emma Tyldesley, for their insightful talks.

A must-read for those interested in environmental effects of offshore structures in marine environment: INSITE NORTH SEA summary findings from the last 5 years of research (2019-2024), from 9 research projects, 6 PhD projects and a data management initiative. Lots to cover but we've distilled down the key scientific messages and related these to pressing marine policy areas, including UK Marine Strategy, British Energy Security Strategy, Marine Net Gain, Fisheries Act and OSPAR 98/3. Massive thanks to the INSITE researchers, programme director team/Howell Marine Consulting, industry partners and NERC: Natural Environment Research Council for bringing this together for us: https://lnkd.in/eEgwRSeT

Join us at the next Blue Mission Banos Project Arena, focusing on the #NorthSea region. OLAMUR and sister project ULTFARMS will lead workshops on #offshorewindenergy #marinemultiuse #lowtrophicaqauculture. More info to come! Registration info 👇 INSITE NORTH SEA SAMS Enterprise NERC: Natural Environment Research Council Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) MASTS Scotland

Calling on offshore marine ecologists, natural capital scientists and science policy leads to check out NERCs latest environmental research programme: Value of Marine Artificial Structures. In partnership with INSITE NORTH SEA, ValMAS is setting out to address the most pressing questions around nature-positive management of our offshore structures over their lifecycles. Can't wait to learn more! Proposals now open! https://lnkd.in/eK42r7vn

Great to hear the latest findings from ECOWind and INSITE NORTH SEA presented at ICES 2024. Shout out to Paul Fernandes, Beth Scott and @Ellie-May Cook for interesting talks on Uncrewed Surface Vehicles at Offshore Wind Farms, the PELAgIO project and potential biodiversity gains in OWFs

Howell Marine Consulting INSITE NORTH SEA featured in this morning's session on ecosystem outcomes of coexistence with offshore renewable energy by Paul Fernandes at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) conference in Gateshead.

🌊 The ECOWind and ECOFlow Annual Impact Meeting 2024 tickets are now up for grabs! Don't miss this opportunity and reserve your seat today: