Lauren McWhinnie

A map of Scotland and the North Atlantic, showing density of vessel tracking data (also known as AIS data), which highlights areas in red where there are a lot of AIS vessels and blue where there are less. The map shows coastal Scottish waters are very busy (i.e. coloured red) with AIS traffic.

⚓ NEW PUBLICATION! Thrilled that the first paper of the Scottish Vessel Project is now published in Marine Policy showing how AIS data only represents ~40% of coastal vessel traffic around Scotland.

🚤 Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴

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I'm excited to be participating in a side event panel on 'Research Data & Science Cooperation for #MarineMammal Conservation Beyond Borders' at @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social next week! I'll be speaking about @bioprotectproject.bsky.social and data driven solutions for marine conservation.
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Collision avoidance: Navigating ships through recovering whale populations In this blog post, Emily Hague and team discuss their latest research into the importance of careful consideration of collision-mapping approach and data selection when it comes to predicting high-…

Pleased to share a blog on one of my favourite papers I've worked on so far 🐳⚓️❄️

We asked, how do the various models we use compare, when we predict vessel collision risk for recovering whale populations? 🐳🗺

appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/11/21/c...

It would be great to be added many thanks in advance!

Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north

New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels

Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇

Hi Emma can you add me please and thanks for creating!