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‘Transatlantic Oceanography: a meeting to celebrate the career of Prof. Harry L. Bryden FRS’ was held at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton on 30^th April and 1^st May. More than 70 of Harry’s colleagues from the UK, Spain, Germany and the USA attended the meeting.

Scientific poster competition: £500 prize

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Aida Rios, Director at IIM in Vigo has sent in some images of the new Discovery as she can watch new Discovery being built for the roof of their institute!

Defra, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government launched a joint consultation on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) on 27 March 2012.  You will be able to find the consultation documents on the Defra web site www.defra.gov.uk/co

What an amazing photo!

Oceanology international attracted over 7000 attendees this year and it seemed like most of them visited the Challenger Society stand! We were kept on our toes with visitors ranging from technical and equipment developers to researchers and students. We were delighted to host two of our student members on the stand this year.

There are millions of tonnes of floating plastic waste in our oceans. They represent a hazard to marine life, are unsightly and sometimes end up returning to land, creating an eye sore on beaches. In one effort, artist Francois Gunning has begun developing inspirational works of art from floating plastic waste that accumulates on his local beaches. 

Harry Bryden, President of the Challenger Society, retired in 2011 (though it is not so obvious as he still works most days).  To mark this occasion a meeting will be held at NOCS.  During his time in Southampton Harry has worked for both NERC and the University and the meeting will be hosted jointly by both.