MSc and BSc studies in collaboration with Sea Watch


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Since 2001, the Sea Watch Foundation has been running, with funds from the EU Interreg project and the Countryside Council for Wales, research projects in Cardigan Bay aimed at monitoring the bottlenose dolphin, harbour porpoise and grey seal populations of the Bay, focusing particularly on the Cardigan Bay and Pen Llyn a’r Sarnau Special Areas for Conservation (SACs). Line-transect distance-sampling surveys have also been conducted in the Celtic Deep and St George’s Channel since 2004 with the aim of describing distribution and abundance of common dolphins and baleen whales. Throughout these years, a number of MSc and BSc students have participated in our on-going studies collecting data for the their thesis, or analyzing those already archived by Sea Watch in previous years. Several of these have gained distinctions for their projects. Recent MSc theses completed with Sea Watch Foundation are listed here.


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Several MSc or BSc projects are offered each year.

Download a list of projects available for 2010(PDF)

In addition, other projects can be considered if they fit within the current research programme. The students are under the supervision of one or more Sea Watch staff, depending on the project selected. Sea Watch offers places on the research boat and access to the equipment used for the data collection, as well as a space in the Welsh office with free internet connection. Our databases are available for the students, in exchange for which they will be required to help with the data collection and inputting on computer during the field season.
If you are interested in applying to do your MSc or BSC thesis with the Sea Watch Foundation, please contact:

Dr Peter Evans,
Scientific Director,
Sea Watch Foundation,
Ewyn y Don
Bull Bay, Amlwch
Isle of Anglesey, Wales, LL68 9SD
Tel: +44 (0) 1407 832892
Email: peter.evans@bangor.ac.uk
For projects specifically in Cardigan Bay, contact:
Daphna Feingold,
Cardigan Bay Monitoring Officer,
Sea Watch Foundation,
Paragon House, Wellington Place,
SA45 9NR New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales,
Tel: +44 (0)1545 561227,
Email: daphna.feingold@seawatchfoundation.org.uk

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