Why Save The Whale?
Follow the link to see a recent article by MCR’s Anna Moscrop in Berthon Lifestyle Magazine. Continue Reading
Marine Conservation Research International is a unique not-for-profit organisation conducting practical conservation projects on vulnerable marine wildlife and habitats, and investigating human impacts including threats such as underwater noise, disturbance and marine debris. R/V Song of the Whale is the team’s purpose built sailing research vessel.
New Expedition Opportunity
Join the R/V Song of the Whale team on an expedition from the UK to the Falkland Islands, Southern Ocean, via the Cape Verde Islands See Expeditions page for details. Continue Reading
Third cetacean survey completed off the Republic of Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea
The MCR team recently completed the third and final cetacean survey of Cypriot waters. These visual and acoustic surveys were commissioned by the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFMR). The project is a collaborative effort between MCR, Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, Cyprus-based AP Marine and DFMR. Five species of cetacean were recorded during the… Continue Reading
Our Estuaries, Our Youth, Our Heritage
MCR International and Marine Education and Research are excited to be working with local youth groups, YMCA Suffolk, Suffolk Family Carers and Basecamp Mentoring Suffolk, on a new Heritage Lottery Funded project: Our Estuaries, Our Youth, Our Heritage. Working with groups of local young people we will investigate the bats, plankton, mud, birds, sounds and… Continue Reading
Cyprus Cetacean Survey
A team from MCR are currently in Cyprus working with colleagues from the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFMR), AP Marine and Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute. Together we are conducting the first of three visual and acoustic surveys of Cypriot waters out to 50 Nautical miles. During the fist few days the team had… Continue Reading