Dissemination and Engagement

Our team are active in disseminating our research to the wider scientific community and beyond, including connecting with policy makers and the public. Below is a list of our recent activities and number of engagements.

2025

  • Evidence Week 2025, Parliament, London. Engaging with MPs and Peers – 30.
  • Ropes to Reefs Webinar, online – 100.
  • Coastal Futures Conference 2025, London – 500.
  • Seafood Innovation Conference 2025, London – 200.
  • UoP FISP Final Conference, Plymouth – 80.
  • European Blue Parks Community Workshop, Brussels.
  • Angling for Sustainability Project Workshop, Lymington – 25.
  • Ropes to Reefs Project Workshop, Plymouth – 30.
  • Shellfish Association of Great Britain 55th Annual Conference, London – 150.
  • Greenman Festival 2025, Wales – 125.
  • FUTURES Voyage of Discovery Public Engagement Event, Plymouth – 500.
  • ICES Annual Science Conference 2025, Klaipeda, Lithuania – 500.

2024

  • AAC Europe – 150.
  • FoSE Post Grad Conference, Plymouth – 80.
  • FSC Marine Science Camps, Plymouth – 27.
  • Greenman Festival 2024, Wales – 100.
  • BBC Spotlight, Breakfast, BBC Sounds, BBC News – up to 6.5 million viewers and listeners.
  • ICES ASC 2024, Gateshead – 800
  • FUTURES Voyage of Discovery Public Engagement Event 2024, Plymouth – 500.
  • IMCC7 Conference, Cape Town, South Africa – 300.
  • 54th Conference of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, London – 100.
  • UoP SoBMS Research Conference, Plymouth – 80.
  • ETN technical workshop, Hull – 80.
  • University of Hull Biology Series Seminar, Hull – 40.
  • BBC Radio 4 Farming Today Radio Podcast – up to 100 million listeners.
  • MBA Conference 2024, Plymouth – 60.
  • Engagement with fisheries delegation from India – 5.
  • 8th International Shellfish Conference, Holland – 150.
  • Elasmobranch workshop, Poole – 30.
  • Shark Science Workshop, Plymouth – 30.
  • Black Bream Tagging Workshop, Poole – 35.
  • Pollack FISP Workshop, Plymouth – 40.


2023

  • IMPAC5 Conference, Vancouver, Canada – 520.
  • School Outreach Engineering Session (UTC Plymouth) – 40.
  • West Bay Discovery Centre “Beneath the Waves” Community Exhibition – 100.
  • Greenman Festival 2023 – 125.
  • FUTURES 2023 Voyage of Discovery Public Engagement Event, Plymouth – 850.
  • ICES ASC 2023, Bilbao, Spain – 900.
  • Flanders Aquaculture Symposium 2023, Halle, Belgium – 100.
  • SAGB Mollusc Committee 2023, online – 30.
  • SWAM AGM & Conference 2023, Exeter – 40.
  • Fish Mongers ‘Aquaculture for a Thriving Future’ Conference 2023, London – 200.
  • FISH INTEL Project Final Conference, Plymouth – 80.
  • Ropes to Reefs Project Workshop, Plymouth – 30.
  • Elasmobranch workshop, Southsea – 22.
  • Black Bream Tagging Workshop, Poole – 30.
  • Black Bream Tagging Workshop, Weymouth – 25.

2022

  • SoBMs School Research Conference, Plymouth – 30.
  • PlymSEF Conference, Plymouth – 80.
  • MER Summit, Bilbao, Spain – 150.
  • Aquaculture Tipping Points, Exeter University – 50.
  • NVP Summer School, Svalbard – 40.
  • ICES ASC 2022, Dublin, Ireland – 800.
  • North Wales Shellfish Conference, Llandudno, Wales – 150.
  • AMMR4, Saunton Sands, North Devon – 100.
  • Greeman Festival 2022, Wales – 345.
  • Aquaculture Europe 2022, Madeira, Portugal – 80.
  • FISH INTEL Stakeholder Workshop, Lyme Regis – 2.
  • FISH INTEL Launch Event Webinar, 150.
  • Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Sciences Association (ECSA) 50th Anniversary Conference, London.

2021

  • Greenman Festival 2021 – 370.

2020

  • Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR), online – 300.
  • PRIMaRE conference, online – 210.

2019

  • 12th International Temperate Reef Symposium, Hong Kong – 100.
  • Wembury Advisory Group Monthly Meeting, Wembury, Plymouth – 25.
  • Natural Seaton Festival, Seaton, Devon – 200.
  • ICES WGMBRED meeting, Brussels, Belgium – 15.
  • INSITE Structures In the Marine Environment, Glasgow, Scotland – 175.
  • Coastwise North Devon, Barnstaple, Devon – 50.
  • NAEMO 2019, Oban, Scotland – 45.
  • CEFAS/DAFF Sustainable Aquaculture Future for South Africa: collaborative workshop with the UK, Cape Town, South Africa – 45.
  • University of Plymouth Postgraduate Poster Session – 30.
  • MarCoPol Presentation, Plymouth – 10.