East Marine Ecosystems Conference 2024

The aim of the first EAST Marine Ecosystem (EASTME) conference is to bring together marine conservationists, citizen scientists, researchers and managers to share information and network to improve our understanding, inform future monitoring and management of the marine environment. The EASTME region runs from Flamborough Head in the North to the southern Suffolk border, including the Humber and Wash.

The conference is an opportunity to reflect on local observations, research outputs and findings from 2023 that are collated to input to a public ‘State of the East Seas’ annual report.

In addition, the conference provides:

1. Networking: an opportunity for a wide cross section of people to meet, exchange views and build social capital networks for the East’s marine ecosystems to:

· provide active support for existing networks enabling and building citizen science projects;

· to encourage collaboration between users, researchers/scientists and managers/policy makers;

· encourage links between researchers on science projects throughout the region’s seas.

2. Recording of observations: the annual conference allows us to record observations on ecological and oceanographic events of the previous year that have affected the East marine ecosystems and to make the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena. We use these to publish an annual 'State of the East Seas report'.

3. Ecology of marine species: the conference introduces studies that focus on the ecology of marine species, planktonic, benthic and ‘mobile’ species (fish, birds, mammals) and the ecosystem that supports them. This introduction will inform our understanding of the status of populations of marine species in the region’s seas and how they are responding to environmental and anthropogenic pressures.

4. Management of East marine ecosystems:

· the conference encourages strong relationships between policy makers and scientists;

· to promote science and the evidence base that underpins management of human activities in the coastal and marine environment with a view to supporting; and

· promoting the health of south west’s marine ecosystems.

5. Marine education and outreach:

· We highlight marine education and outreach programmes in the East, support the development of new programmes that promote marine management and promote good practice in environmental education, interpretation, signage and outreach.

…and to come together to celebrate being part of the newly established EASTME!

For more details to be confirmed.

For booking enquiries or issues, please contact [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

David Chaddick Building, University of Lincoln, LN5 7BD, Lincoln, United Kingdom