MEU at MASTS 2024 Annual Science Meeting

On our 50th anniversary, the Marine Environmental Unit (MEU) presented at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting.

Dr Jenni Kakkonen, Team Manager of the MEU, was joined by Professor John Baxter, Chair of the Orkney Independent Marine Advisory Group, to discuss the MEU’s origins as a biological monitoring programme, created in 1974 to identify if there were any impacts from the Flotta Oil Terminal.

As of 2024, the scope of the MEU’s work has expanded greatly, and they are now involved in a range of monitoring studies that highlight the importance of such long-term programmes.

In addition to their talk, “Fifty years and counting - Marine monitoring in Orkney”, the team had a stand at the event where attendees were able to learn more about the MEU’s work from Dr Kakkonen, Katy Beaton and Prof. Baxter.