Living Sea Walls Is Underway…

North Wales Rivers Trusts Dr Liam Whitmore was joined by Dr Aria Lee from Australia this week to discuss our upcoming Living Sea Walls project on the Menai Strait. Our mission is to create habitat and biodiveristy in urbanised areas.

Dr Aria Lee is in charge of citizen science and development for Living Sea Walls in Australia, and we are thankful to her for sharing her key findings and expertise to aid our project development.

Dr Liam Whitmore will be creating a full and exciting citizen science program in 2024. Working with schools and the community to monitor the effectiveness of these structures through high quality training opportunities. There are also exciting projects for the community to gain accreditation in 2024.

Liam has also been busy working with the NRW team to discuss marine licensing and locations and is looking forward to getting started.

Dr Liam Whitmore said ‘We are seeing a dramatic decline in all migratory fish and marine species. It’s estimated that marine habitat loss is as much as 50%. This is an exciting project that enables us to utilise urban structures to create crucial habitat.’

This work is part of our ongoing partnership with the Menai Strait Fisheries Order Management Association, where together we created the Menai Strait Partnership Forum. This is a very exciting initiative and we are excited to progress with this project in 2024.

Thankyou to our partnership with Ynys Mon council through Local Nature Partnerships and Welsh Government for supporting this project.