Press Releases and Reports

Reports

Objectives 1, 4 and 7 are stand alone and separate reports have been produced for these over the course of the project. Main reports are produced on an annual basis, and the final report for the initial 3 years of the project will be available later this year

Project summary: How do marine habitats recover when human activity is restricted and who is impacted?

Objective 1: Identification of indicator species for monitoring the recovery of Lyme Bay

Objective 4: Assessment of long-term effects of fishery area closures on long-lived and sessile species

Objective 7: Initial report on socio-economic costs of closing Lyme Bay to scallop dredging and heavy trawling gear

Annual Report 2009

Annual Report 2010

Report 1 2011: Benthic Ecology

Report 2 2011: Socioeconomics

Presentations

Lyme Bay Biodiversity Update - Presented at Stakeholder Workshop, Charmouth, December 2010

Lyme Bay Socio-economic Update - Presented at Stakeholder Workshop, Charmouth, December 2010

Press Releases

University of Plymouth to monitor the recovery of the Lyme Bay exclusion zone. BBC Spotlight Tuesday 29th July 2008

Marine Institute newsletter March 2009

BBC Devon Webpage article- Recovery of Reefs October 2009