Scientists at Plymouth University have launched an investigation into the impact upon the country’s first coastal marine protected area caused by the unprecedented sequence of storms this winter.
Researchers in the Marine Institute will use video cameras to assess changes to the seabed at Lyme Bay off the south coast of Devon as part of an Urgency grant by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
The project, which is also being funded by conservation charity the Pig Shed Trust and the South West Inshore Fishermen’s Association, will run for five months and could...