Saltwater Life Blog
Activism
Inshore Scottish MPAs & PMFs Consultation Delayed Again!
The Scottish Government has once again kicked the can down the road on protecting Scotland’s inshore marine environment
12/12/2025
Blog
Western Ecology Tour
I am delighted to be joining an awesome expedition team this June, developed and led by professional diver
27/04/2021
Blog
Shark DNA Zip-coding; a way to identify the origin of sharks caught for the international fin trade.
In February 2016 I was in Hong Kong looking into the shark fin trade, it was a couple
08/05/2020
BiOME Ecology
Two new species of saw sharks discovered
The newly discovered Pliotrema kajae and Pliotrema annae six-gill saw sharks, were discovered during research investigating small-scale fisheries operating off the coasts
17/04/2020
BiOME Ecology
The 3.2 million year history of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea
Read more about the incredible evolutionary history of the Great white in the Mediterranean in my latest piece
17/04/2020
BiOME Ecology
Basking Sharks; Genetic Tagging, Gene Flow & Migration Routes
New research sheds light on the migration routes of basking sharks and outlines their vulnerability to environmental change.
17/04/2020