Dr Ben Green
@saltmarshben.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, specialising in marine and coastal habitat restoration, natural capital and blue carbon; based in the Kesteven Uplands. Views are my own.
All the breaking news in Lincolnshire.
October 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
All the breaking news in Lincolnshire.
The beavers are soon going into the Boothby Wildland on the river Glen, not far from this site!
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The beavers are soon going into the Boothby Wildland on the river Glen, not far from this site!
Was this one of the line of tractors that went through Irnham and back this morning?
September 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Was this one of the line of tractors that went through Irnham and back this morning?
It’s a shame there are no groups in Lincolnshire according to their website, my son would love this!
August 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It’s a shame there are no groups in Lincolnshire according to their website, my son would love this!
Similar result was observed for seagrass restoration in Sweden - crabs ate the seagrass seeds, excluding them improved success of restoration project. Not sure if that’s a method suitable for a large scale approach though! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Seed Predation by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas: A Positive Feedback Preventing Eelgrass Recovery?
There is an increasing interest to restore the ecosystem services that eelgrass provides, after their continuous worldwide decline. Most attempts to restore eelgrass using seeds are challenged by very...
journals.plos.org
July 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Similar result was observed for seagrass restoration in Sweden - crabs ate the seagrass seeds, excluding them improved success of restoration project. Not sure if that’s a method suitable for a large scale approach though! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
thesheepsheadway.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Not MPA specific at all and doesn’t cover the nuances of different sediment types, but gives a good idea of the uk-wide scale of pressure. Would be interesting to map to MPA boundaries!
June 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Not MPA specific at all and doesn’t cover the nuances of different sediment types, but gives a good idea of the uk-wide scale of pressure. Would be interesting to map to MPA boundaries!
That’s probably the best dataset I’m aware of…
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That’s probably the best dataset I’m aware of…
Also not sure if that extent figure takes account the overlaps of the sites with multiple designations?
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Also not sure if that extent figure takes account the overlaps of the sites with multiple designations?
I guess that UK MPA extent figure includes the massive harbour porpoise SACs that are the only designated feature rather than the seabed habitats? (Same for some of the huge SPAs like Outer Thames and Liverpool Bay) (And unlikely to be any under fishing restrictions?)
June 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I guess that UK MPA extent figure includes the massive harbour porpoise SACs that are the only designated feature rather than the seabed habitats? (Same for some of the huge SPAs like Outer Thames and Liverpool Bay) (And unlikely to be any under fishing restrictions?)
Yes the most sensitive red and amber features, seagrass, reefs, sandbanks etc. are already closed, and that’s a great success story for the IFCAs.
Agree that the complexity of local historic fisheries in places like the Wash and Essex means that a balance needs to be struck in such places.
Agree that the complexity of local historic fisheries in places like the Wash and Essex means that a balance needs to be struck in such places.
June 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yes the most sensitive red and amber features, seagrass, reefs, sandbanks etc. are already closed, and that’s a great success story for the IFCAs.
Agree that the complexity of local historic fisheries in places like the Wash and Essex means that a balance needs to be struck in such places.
Agree that the complexity of local historic fisheries in places like the Wash and Essex means that a balance needs to be struck in such places.
On further thought I’ll, say ‘somewhat easier…’ instead of ‘much easier…’
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On further thought I’ll, say ‘somewhat easier…’ instead of ‘much easier…’