hosted by Thanet District Council

North East Kent Coastal Research Conference

This biennial event took place with support from Pfizer Limited on Tuesday 25 November at the Pfizer Social Club, Richborough, nr Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ.
The conference included the latest scientific research around the NE Kent coast and marine environment

 

Presentations include:

  • Marine Protected Areas MAPs - the Eastern Channel 'Marine conservation Zones' project
  • The Pegwell Bay - chalk erosion project
  • Effects of Spartina clearance in Pegwell Bay
  • Green algae around Thanet - friend or foe!
  • Reviewing biotopes in Botany Bay
  • Problems with shellfish production in NE Kent
  • Pacific oyster distribution within the inter-tidal zone
  • The Charm2 project - towards an 'ecosystem approach to managing the local marine area'
  • Metals concerntrated within the sediments of Pegwell Bay
  • An open group 'conversation with the sea' led by a scientist and fisherman - about the state of our fisheries

 

 

This conference is coordinated by the North East Kent Scientific Coastal Advisory Group with support from Pfizer Limited.

 

The conference presentations and discussion will be compiled within a Natural England Research Report during 2009.