When we last updated, we were looking to extend for another year. Well, 5 Gyres have agreed that we can keep the trawl for another year. This is, we think, the first time they have allowed such an extension and we are so excited! This will allow more trawls, more […]
Category: CMMR Trawlshare Project
Trawlshare continues…
Just a quick update on our Cornwall Marine Microplastics Researchers Trawlshare project. We have conducted 7 trawls so far! We have been very lucky with funding from The Bedruthan Hotel, Sea Changers and now Natural England too. We have trawls booked up to October so far and we are also […]
The Story so Far….
Newquay Marine Group has formed a coalition with St Agnes Marine Group, Polzeath Marine Conservation Group, The Cornwall Seal Research Trust and Newquay Sea Safaris and Fishing. We have called ourselves the Cornwall Marine Microplastics Researchers (CMMR). In December 2017 we applied to an organisation in California called 5 Gyres […]
The Birth of the Cornwall Marine Microplastics Researchers (CMMR): Citizen Science at its best:
Over lunch at the Your Shore Beach Ranger conference this year, a group of us discussed doing some survey work. Research into the plastic issue that we can see quite clearly on our beaches… What about the things we can’t see? Would it be possible to do some research out […]