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Shaun Fraser, Alice Newbould, Evie Herrington, Katie Cubbon. UHI Shetland. Executive summary This report details the results from the first […]
Shaun Fraser, Sarah Ayres, Mia McAllister, Louise Thomason, Katie Cubbon, Chevonne Angus. 2024. UHI Shetland. Executive summary In 2022 the […]
April 2024 – March 2025Research and Project Plan Year: 3
Marine environments face increasing threats from human activities, climate change, and habitat degradation. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have emerged as a conservation and management tool towards safeguarding the marine environment by preserving biodiversity, supporting ecological resilience, and promoting sustainable resource management. Research surrounding MPAs,such as the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Area (DR MPA), plays a key role in understanding marine ecosystems and ensuring their resilience…
Fraser, S., Thomason, L., Herrington, E., and Cubbon, K., 2025. Survey report for the 2024 Fair Isle inshore fish survey. […]
Presentation providing a recap of Fair Isle Demonstration and Research MPA research and project progress which has taken place to date. Also, plans for future priority research activity as well as information on FIMRO’s pilot project running from August 2024 – 2027.
A report to the Scottish Parliament on progress being made in implementing Scotland’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) network. Section 4 […]
The ethos of the Fair Isle DR MPA is to incorporate community and wider stakeholder involvement at every level, from decision-making to citizen science projects. The vision for this project is the development and delivery of an island wide citizen science and marine monitoring programme entirely managed and coordinated by a local community group – the Fair Isle Marine Research Organisation (FIMRO), an initiative which does not currently exist in Scotland. Following implementation of the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research MPA (DR MPA), FIMRO have recognised the need and appetite for community involvement in data collection to inform the continued research and monitoring necessary to meet the objectives of the Fair Isle DR MPA. This project would offer the excellent opportunity to build the capacity of FIMRO to independently achieve these objectives through an island – wide community-led citizen science and marine monitoring programme expanding on current community participation in citizen science and engagement with the DR MPA as well as fostering further engagement with wider Shetland communities.
The purpose of this document is to set out how those involved in the DR MPA will effectively communicate as the Executive Steering Group, and key messages to a wider audience.
April 2023 – March 2024. Research and Project Plan Year: 2