North West Marine Ecosystems (NWME) conference
Reporting Annual Change at a Regional Scale & Building Social Capital
Last chance to register
24 June 2026, Liverpool
10:00 – 17:00
Join us at North West Marine Ecosystems (NWME) Conference 2026!
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Join us for North West Marine Ecosystems 2026!
NWME will feature short talks reflecting on local observations, research outputs and findings from 2025. The talks will cover a comprehensive range of natural systems including oceanography and plankton, marine mammals (seals and cetaceans) and fisheries. A number of themes relating to the management of the environment will include marine planning, marine protected areas, marine pollution and energy and development.
With its ambition to mobilise marine social capital, this one-day conference is an opportunity to develop networks, open communication and build relationships among people in the marine and coastal community.
The event is being hosted at The University of Liverpool and is open to citizen scientists, academics, managers, policy makers, industry, dedicated volunteers and the public. With a £37 registration fee, the event aims to be accessible to all those interested.
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This NWME conference has been co-organised by the North West Coastal Forum, The North West Wildlife Trust, and Ocean and Coastal Futures. The NWME project forms part of the Natural Capital approaches at the land-sea interface (LSI) project, which is being led by the Environment Agency under Defra’s Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. The proposed work will deliver the LSI project’s work package on ‘Mobilising marine social capital’.
We hope you can join us at the second annual NWME conference. Please share with colleagues and within your networks if you think there is someone who may want to join.
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