It’s that time of year again, another joint survey between
JNCC and Cefas. This time the scientists are venturing into the Atlantic,
heading south off the Cornish coastline on the RV Endeavour for 19 days to visit
Greater Haig Fras Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). This survey aims to build on our monitoring efforts to understand more
about these important sites and provide robust management advice.
The scientists out on this survey will be collecting a large
variety of information from within these protected areas to improve our
understanding of the animals that live within these environments. This
information will come in the form of photos, sediment samples, videos and maps
of the seafloor. This work will all help scientists to understand what lies
beneath the waves at these two sites.
Greater Haig Fras MCZ is 120km off of the Cornish coastline
and the protected area covers over 2000km2 of seabed, similar to the
West Sussex county. A later blog post will delve a little deeper into this site
and why it’s protected so keep your eyes peeled for the later blog!
