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This is just in from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, asking whether club members have had any experience with harmful algal blooms in marine waters. If anyone reading this has had that kind of experience, please get in touch with Dr Oceane (perfect name) directly — contact details at the end of the email.
Dear Mr. Grose,
I am working at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory on an Interreg project called S-3 EUROHab – Sentinel products for detecting EUtROphication and Harmful Algal Bloom events.
Harmful algal blooms are caused by excessive growth of marine algae which release harmful toxins into the water that can kill fish, shellfish and even humans when they consume contaminated fish. As a result they can have an extremely damaging effect on the fishing and tourism industries. The S-3 EUROHAB project, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory in collaboration with 8 other French and UK partners, aims to develop a detection system for harmful algal blooms using data from satellites. It will also produce maps to show the location of potential harmful algal blooms that can be accessed from a computer or mobile phone. In addition, the project aims to assess the social and economic impact of harmful algal blooms on different users of the sea including fishermen and recreational groups and to assess the costs associated with their monitoring and management. Attached to this e-mail is a brief description of our project and the research team.
As part of this project we are trying to understand better who is impacted by HABs events occurring in the English Channel and how. We are especially trying to identify recreational stakeholders impacted by HABs. We are wondering if you or any of your members have ever faced HABs events. If so would you be able to tell us more about this (or those) event(s) and how it (they) impacted your practice? Have you ever heard of other recreational users impacted by HAB that we could get in touch with?
If you have any questions about the project or my request please do not hesitate to contact me (ocm@pml.ac.uk).
Thanks in advance for your help and attention.Yours sincerely,
Océane Marcone
Dr. Océane Marcone
Social Science Researcher
Sea and Society (SaS)Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Prospect Place
Plymouth
PL1 3DH
United KingdomTel: +44 (0)1752 633476
Email: ocm@pml.ac.uk
Web: http://www.pml.ac.uk
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